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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,e7151167e0767ecc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newsr1.ipcore.viaginterkom.de!news-peer1!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: "Martin Dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Feasibility of using Ada in new development Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 19:05:36 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Message-ID: References: <8429999a.0408231027.2850e800@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host81-152-56-191.range81-152.btcentralplus.com X-Trace: titan.btinternet.com 1093287936 14809 81.152.56.191 (23 Aug 2004 19:05:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 19:05:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2940 Date: 2004-08-23T19:05:36+00:00 List-Id: "Robert Law" wrote in message news:8429999a.0408231027.2850e800@posting.google.com... > I've been programming for years using everything from COBOL, RPG, C, > Java, PHP, etc. I've written a number of business applications, > usually accounting ones. (That's the advantage of having more than > twenty years of experience.) I'm at the point in my life where I want > to pursue a dream I've had for years of having my own software > development company, basically a VAR or ISV. > > I want to use a language that meets the following criteria: > > 1. It must be reliable. That could mean a number of things: Ada promotes reliablity by catching many errors at compile time that otherwise lead to runtime errors in other languages. It also emphises readibility over ease of writing. > 2. It must be supported. For a list of Ada compiler vendors see http://www.adaic.org/compilers/comp-tool.html This is a very good source of info on Ada, so don't stop at that page! Typical (large) Ada projects have expected lifetimes of 20+ years. > 3. It must be usuable to develop applications in a graphical > environment. Basically Motif, GTK, or KDE. See http://libre.act-europe.fr/GtkAda/ > 4. It must be usuable to develop programs used via a browser. See http://libre.act-europe.fr/aws/ > 5. It must be able to interface with relational databases either > through a standard interface or ODBC. See http://gnade.sourceforge.net/ > 6. It would be nice if it was somewhat object oriented. I'm not an > object oriented purist, but it does have some nice features. I > especially like its automatic garbage collection of no lonter used > variable. Ada was the first ISO O-O language Other links that might help are: www.adaworld.com www.adapower.com Cheers -- Martin