From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10fec3,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid10fec3,public X-Google-Thread: 108a70,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108a70,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 111308,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid111308,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-15 00:47:30 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object,comp.databases.sybase,comp.databases.oracle,comp.client-server Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!jobone!lynx.unm.edu!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!sloth!escher.innsol.com!bjz From: bjz@innsol.com (Brian J. Zimbelman) Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Message-ID: Sender: news@swcp.com Nntp-Posting-Host: escher.innsol.com Organization: Innovative Solutions, Inc. X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] References: <3a6oc5$dkh@nntp1.u.washington.edu> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 04:15:48 GMT Xref: nntp.gmd.de comp.lang.ada:16706 comp.lang.c:68559 comp.programming:12802 comp.lang.c++:78912 comp.object:17408 comp.databases.sybase:12995 comp.databases.oracle:22205 comp.client-server:6821 Date: 1994-11-15T04:15:48+00:00 List-Id: In article beckwb@ois.com (R. William Beckwith) writes: [much discussion of ADA, why it is/isn't great deleted] I think one major reason has been omitted from the discussion. A major factor in what language I develop in is what language the company/department already has invested in. Ada developers are rare. C/C++ developers are all over the place. Therefore, most of the time, my customers want the product in C or C++. The price of software is not how much it costs to develop it, but how much it costs to maintain it. If I can't find a developer who knows the language it was developed in, then I chose the wrong language no matter how cheap the initial development was. Oh, and personally I'd choose smalltalk over all other languages if it was up to me, but the guy with the check in his hands chooses, and that ain't me! Good Luck, Brian Brian J. Zimbelman Innovative Solutions, Inc. bjz@innsol.com