From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
Subject: Re: Are there noticable differences in Ada acceptance by country?
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:09:07 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2008-03-19T05:09:07-07:00 [thread overview]
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Thomas wrote:
> Ludovic Brenta wrote:
> > Not many countries build jet airplanes, satellites, or nuclear power
> > plants. These are the countries where you're likely to find the most
> > Ada software engineers, because that's where Ada came from.
>
> I personally, from a beginners point of view, find it sad that this very
> competent language seems "stuck" in the world of satellites and nuclear
> power plants.
I agree with you and I am trying to do my part to solve this problem,
as a few other people here on comp.lang.ada. I hope more and more
people start spreading the word. Robert Dewar does an excellent job
(he writes a new article in various publications every couple of weeks
or so) but, unfortunately, his position as CEO of AdaCore sometimes
undermines his credibility. Slashdot-type people are all too quick to
dismiss his articles as pure PR, while at the same time buying Sun's
PR about Java. That's why Ada needs grass-roots support from
Enthusiasts.
--
Ludovic Brenta.
Ada - if it's good enough for nuclear submarines, then it's good
enough for me.
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Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-18 19:08 Are there noticable differences in Ada acceptance by country? Mike Silva
2008-03-18 20:41 ` Pascal Obry
2008-03-18 22:58 ` Phaedrus
2008-03-18 22:25 ` Mike Silva
2008-03-18 22:50 ` Ludovic Brenta
2008-03-19 11:42 ` Thomas
2008-03-19 12:09 ` Ludovic Brenta [this message]
2008-03-19 12:51 ` framefritti
2008-03-20 4:37 ` gpriv
2008-03-19 12:16 ` Ludovic Brenta
2008-03-19 19:04 ` Tero Koskinen
2008-03-20 8:57 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2008-03-25 18:02 ` Tero Koskinen
2008-03-25 19:57 ` Gautier
2008-03-19 19:55 ` svaa
2008-03-19 21:14 ` Phaedrus
2008-03-20 4:52 ` gpriv
2008-03-20 20:22 ` Simon Wright
2008-03-20 20:48 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-03-20 22:17 ` Simon Wright
2008-03-20 22:59 ` gpriv
2008-03-21 1:54 ` tmoran
2008-03-21 4:16 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-03-21 16:41 ` Simon Wright
2008-03-21 19:15 ` gpriv
2008-03-22 14:00 ` Maciej Sobczak
2008-03-21 16:39 ` Simon Wright
2008-03-21 19:21 ` gpriv
2008-03-21 21:11 ` Adam Beneschan
2008-03-22 7:02 ` Simon Wright
2008-03-24 18:01 ` gpriv
2008-03-21 7:52 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-03-22 17:16 ` Subtypes to represent coordinate charts Eric Hughes
2008-03-21 16:44 ` Are there noticable differences in Ada acceptance by country? Simon Wright
2008-03-20 21:17 ` gpriv
2008-03-20 1:34 ` Ivan Levashew
2008-03-19 7:42 ` Thomas
2008-03-19 10:35 ` Peter C. Chapin
2008-03-19 21:21 ` Phaedrus
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2008-03-31 4:27 ` David Thompson
2008-03-31 5:40 ` DScott
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