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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,103b407e8b68350b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-06 18:07:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!sccrnsc04.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey Creem" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3e18f3f6_1@news.tm.net.my> Subject: Re: Anybody in US using ADA ? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.31.5.146 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: sccrnsc04 1041905228 66.31.5.146 (Tue, 07 Jan 2003 02:07:08 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 02:07:08 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 02:07:08 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32653 Date: 2003-01-07T02:07:08+00:00 List-Id: "Adrian Hoe" wrote in message news:3e18f3f6_1@news.tm.net.my... > Another identical twin - Betamax vs. VHS. Betamax (Ada) was more > expensive although it had better playback quality than VHS (C/C++) > which was cheaper. It was the price that put VHS into every living > rooms. Today, some professionals (high-end) still use Betamax. > > If there were Turbo Ada in the mid/late 80's, Ada could have been a > mainstream programming language today. If there were M$ Visual Ada, Ok..If you are going to post the obligatory Betamax thing then I have to post the obligatory response that the VHS v.s. Beta battle is not exactly the case that everyone thinks that it is : http://groups.google.com/groups?q=beta+group:comp.lang.ada+author:dewar&hl=e n&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=8sg6g2%24eur%241%40nnrp1.deja.com&rnum=3