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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-07 18:24:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!213.56.195.71!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "David Botton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: is Ada dying? Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:23:50 -0400 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: References: <3BC0F75B.51D32B3@adaworks.com> Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1002504287 41166 137.194.161.2 (8 Oct 2001 01:24:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 01:24:47 +0000 (UTC) To: Return-Path: X-pair-Authenticated: 216.254.101.195 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13889 Date: 2001-10-07T21:23:50-04:00 Avg Request Per Month: 1998 - 3,198 1999 - 71,420 2000 - 186, 797 2001 - 250,403 These stats for AdaPower certainly also reflect the larger presence AdaPower has had on the web over time as well and not solely and increase of interest in Ada. In just the last few years we have seen a number of major open source projects a quick look through AdaPower's reuse page, SourceForge, and ACT libre pages show an increase in the number of projects. I certainly have seen a lot of interest in my projects GNATCOM and GWindows and I am sure many others here can say the same about their projects. I believe that there will be an upswing in interest over the next few years as more powerful tools and libraries are quickly becoming available. I also think that the irration exuberance consumers have had for software products is coming to an end and concerns for security and quality are setting in. With that will come an interest in better tools and languages and looking beyond the C family of languages. David Botton