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: 103376,2e17f534f2b26df X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-18 13:27:41 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: why Ada not used much in commercial server side development References: <914haj$9aa1@news.cis.okstate.edu> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:27:40 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.20.190.201 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com 977174860 24.20.190.201 (Mon, 18 Dec 2000 13:27:40 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 13:27:40 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3229 Date: 2000-12-18T21:27:40+00:00 List-Id: >But if a preexisting binding did not exist, But the binding *does* exist. >effort went into writing CLAW, a lot more effort than could be justified >if you just wanted to write one program with a graphical interface. Is the cost of buying or creating a substantial binding like CLAW more or less than the discounted cost of a series of small investments in doing "just a coupla more API calls" in C? If you see little demand in the future, it would indeed be foolish to invest in something you won't need.