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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.129.73.198 with SMTP id w189mr13349749ywa.5.1446833067244; Fri, 06 Nov 2015 10:04:27 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.247.67 with SMTP id yc3mr210218obc.0.1446833067163; Fri, 06 Nov 2015 10:04:27 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!m48no5697848qgd.0!news-out.google.com!fs1ni862igb.0!nntp.google.com!i2no407340igv.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 10:04:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=91.55.221.131; posting-account=rmHyLAoAAADSQmMWJF0a_815Fdd96RDf NNTP-Posting-Host: 91.55.221.131 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How many of you have Ada programming careers? From: AdaMagica Injection-Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2015 18:04:27 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Received-Bytes: 1432 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1545778557 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:28244 Date: 2015-11-06T10:04:26-08:00 List-Id: I started with Algol 60 in the mid 70s, later Fortran IV and 77 (terrible language), short excursion to PL 1; then Pascal (nice language but unusable for large systems). When I happened to meet Ada, it had everything Pascal was missing. I used Ada for 25 years. I've been in retirement for four years now.