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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,253505146ffff940 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Pat Rogers" Subject: Re: The greatest feature of the language is .... Date: 2000/10/10 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 679972703 References: <1783411C46BCD21182E20008C7EAA09201A1521E@coeis01nok> <39E3BB29.93C4BFB9@ix.netcom.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 X-Complaints-To: abuse@swbell.net X-Trace: nnrp2.sbc.net 971231439 208.191.184.67 (Tue, 10 Oct 2000 21:30:39 CDT) Organization: SBC Internet Services X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 21:30:39 CDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-10-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: "Lao Xiao Hai" wrote in message news:39E3BB29.93C4BFB9@ix.netcom.com... > > Pat Rogers wrote: > > > I've received a number of adverts from Bertrand Meyer's company > > offering courses in .NET and associated technology. Apparently he's > > gotten Eiffel into the mainstream of Microsoft's plans (not as their > > primary language of course, but as one of many available). Anybody > > know more about how this works, and how Ada could fit in? > This is a real opportunity for ACT or one of the other Ada compiler publishers. > The .NET initiative is not the same as Microsoft Bob or some other failed > efforts of earlier years. I think it is important to have Ada a part of this. > The desktop market is not going away and we need a higher level of visibility there. Can you describe what .NET actually is? I had thought it to be what comes before "vaporware" -- ie, "projectorware". How do languages fit in? Thanks! Pat