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: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-11 09:42:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!isdnet!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Michal Nowak Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Future with Ada Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 18:45:37 +0100 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: References: <3wdH7.20135$xS6.32614@www.newsranger.com> <9tqete0gqc@drn.newsguy.com> <3C0924D6.2B5A3087@adaworks.com> <3C10F451.16977CBA@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=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1008092523 84752 137.194.161.2 (11 Dec 2001 17:42:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 17:42:03 +0000 (UTC) To: "comp.lang.ada usegroup->mailing list gateway" Return-Path: In-reply-to: <3C10F451.16977CBA@adaworks.com> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.20.01.01 (3) Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk X-Reply-To: vinnie@inetia.pl List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17774 Date: 2001-12-11T18:45:37+01:00 On 01-12-07 at 08:54 Richard Riehle wrote: >The current problem is that there is no money for any programs to promote >Ada. There are no companies with "deep pockets" in the world of Ada; >there is no longer any DoD money to support it; and there is no research >agency interested in helping. > >The Ada community is so small that textbook publishers have abandoned >interest in publishing new books about Ada. Periodicals devoted to >software development have little interest in publishing articles related >to Ada. Conferences summarily reject any proposal for a tutorial or >paper that promotes Ada. That looks like a way toward extiction :-(( Too bad ... >For those with the credentials and ability, you could propose >teaching an evening class in Ada at your local community college. >At first your enrollment will be low, but if you make it interesting, it will >grow. I'm still a student, but I hope it will be possible to make a presentation on special interests meetings. Especially that there are earlier years students, so the faster they will hear about Ada, the better effect it may have. -Mike ----------------------------------------- ____| \%/ |~~\ O | o>> Mike Nowak | T | / > vinnie@inetia.pl | http://www.geocities.com/vinnie14pl _|__