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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c1400b61b3f80c1e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!v3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Mike Silva Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Are there noticable differences in Ada acceptance by country? Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:25:50 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: References: <47E0290D.7080201@obry.net> <13u0enhqfgdrefc@corp.supernews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.51.178.124 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1205879150 29403 127.0.0.1 (18 Mar 2008 22:25:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:25:50 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: v3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com; posting-host=71.51.178.124; posting-account=QgO_5wkAAACZKtAvkb3f1VNDm9C58qLr User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20474 Date: 2008-03-18T15:25:50-07:00 List-Id: On Mar 18, 6:58=A0pm, "Phaedrus" wrote: > Pretty much the same story in the USA. =A0For one thing, the one domain wh= ere > Ada was most-widely used (military) is dominated by companies which > recognize that contract performance isn't an issue. =A0"Cost-plus" means n= ever > having to say that you're done, at least not until the money runs out! > > I wonder if we shouldn't take the time to perform a little "Copernican > inversion". =A0Instead of asking "Where is Ada used?", how about asking "W= here > would Ada be best used?". =A0(Saying "everywhere" only muddies the situati= on, > so please don't. =A0No matter how much wishful thinking you employ, it isn= 't > true.) =A0For instance, I've often wondered why Ada isn't used more for > medical (safety critical) applications. =A0 =A0A toe-hold there would do a= lot > to expand the use of Ada. Well, if there are identifiable regions where Ada is more accepted, it might be worthwhile to try and understand why this is the case. Why haven't those managers and programmers been as swayed by the C- descendents wave as in other places?