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: 103376,799a70f71fde67fe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Kev Mepham" Subject: Re: ADA 95 - can anyone recommend any training courses Date: 2000/02/06 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 582189071 References: <85ten2$gnj$1@taliesin2.netcom.net.uk> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Complaints-To: abuse@zonnet.nl X-Trace: zonnet-reader-1 949823314 212.189.240.137 (Sun, 06 Feb 2000 08:48:34 MET) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 08:48:34 MET Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-02-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: You may be interested to know that Ada (originally intended for use by the US DoD) is used as the standard programming language for a fair proportion of the flight control systems in modern military aircraft. It is still difficult to beat for safety critical real-time systems. HollymaN wrote in message news:ofGm4.1965$Rm.35837@news20.bellglobal.com... > Come on ,Come on man, you can't ignore java nowdays it's the next big > thing,if you are so sure that ada is one hell of a language just answer this > :why java developpment is growing that and ada vanishing in the other > way.just look at the amzing number of java tools compared with ada ones.Java > is like real combat and ada like pro wrestling (it doesn't work in relal > life (for finding a job (yeah yeah i know there's 3 or may 6 ada jobs > outhere))).i know about rational tools.but the support sucks (there's not > enough market for a decent support) they re giving object ada for free. > > be realistic(unless you work on a company developping somme kind of ada > tools to sell) > > Preben Randhol wrote in message > news:m3d7qd9pa6.fsf@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no... > > "HollymaN" writes: > > > > | ADA???what for?? > > | anyone who s learning this language is considered as a looser including > > | myself :)) > > > > I don't know what people think of you otherwise, but I think that they > would > > have a hard time justifying that you are a looser for learning Ada. > > > > Those people that think I should learn Java, I always asks why, and the > > arguments are usually taken from hyped info about the language and not > > from real facts. Btw. have anybody heard of a big Java project? I > > heard that an office suite was dropped (I think it was Applixware), but I > > haven't heard any success stories. > > > > | who s using ADA anyways??? > > > > Check http://www.adapower.com > > > > -- > > Preben Randhol -- [randhol@pvv.org] -- [http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/] > > "Det eneste trygge stedet i verden er inne i en fortelling." > > -- Athol Fugard > >