From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 26 Jul 93 07:23:01 GMT From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp-server.caltech.e du!mustang.mst6.lanl.gov!nntp.ucsb.edu!persimmon!dt4@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Davi d E. Goggin) Subject: Re: Ada is not a failure. Message-ID: List-Id: tne@world.std.com (Thomas N Erickson) writes: >Nevertheless, it should not be considered a failure. It is one of the few >programming languages GROWING in use and there are several very successful >applications (both military and civilian). A nitpick here: I think that even the most obscure languages are growing -- if language X had 10 people who knew it last year and 20 that know it this year then its growing. The languages that are not growing are probably Fortran and Cobol -- even these are doubtful (my alma mater is still cranking out engineers having taken the required Fortran course.) >Alsys *dt* >-- >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Tom Erickson Alsys >tne@world.std.com 67 South Bedford Street > Burlington, MA 01803