Re: Compiler business prospects

[anon@att.net]

What I was getting to with the single user concept is. Where are the 
businness or general public application written in Ada that the end 
user can buy at their local online software store. 

Also:

Programmers do not want to spend their life re-writing code written in 
Ada. That is, every new language release requires 80% to 95% of the Ada 
code to be rewritten. Even the yearly release of Adacore's GNAT can have 
so many updates that it can cause a complete rewrite of an application 
even between language releases.

And Ada is still concurrent but the programmer of today require 
multiple-thread and multiple cpu languages. Ada 2012 has some multiple-cpu 
controls but those type of features are still very limited. In truth, Ada 95 
should of had been the first true multiple-thread and multiple cpu language.
And until these two systems are fully functional and I would say even 
going beyond all other languages Ada programming will stay crippled to a 
limited number of concurrent applications.

Then you have features that are included in other languages, but either 
not available or not maintain in Ada. Such as links for OS graphics and 
direct hardware devices such as USB ports. Yes, there are binding for 
SDL and openGL but are those current.  And still most programmers would 
prefer Windows DirectX graphics, or Apple's graphics.

As for Ada, a plus would be a common graphics package that the programmer
could use to create an application on one system and then just compile 
for another system without modify the code. Yet, today no package exist!

So, without these and other features added to Ada, no governmental tax or 
altered law will increase Ada compiler being sold.


In <3d05273f-c117-4fdb-b707-0931d42f376e@j14g2000vba.googlegroups.com>, Gautier write-only <gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com> writes:
>On 31 jan, 16:56, a...@att.net wrote:
>> You every head of ready-made projects
>>
>> The changes would only help the general population software aka ready to
>> use, such as: accounting packages or other business related packages or
>> educational learning software.
>>
>> Microsoft will get a boost, but for Ada or Linux nothing. Because Linux is
>> still free for the most part. And Ada software, is too specific or
>> design for a single user application.
>
>Are you assuming one cannot make a single-user application in Ada ?
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