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,e5bfa021bc026369 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-01-26 09:33:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!zeus.visi.com!priapus.visi.com!orange.octanews.net!news.octanews.net!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: "Alexandre E. Kopilovitch" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Personality Conflict was: why Ada is so unpopular ? Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 20:28:04 +0300 (MSK) Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1075138239 7875 80.67.180.195 (26 Jan 2004 17:30:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:30:39 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: ; from Stephen Leake at 26 Jan 2004 10:30:46 -0500 X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.44 MSDOS] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p5 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4822 Date: 2004-01-26T20:28:04+03:00 Stephen Leake wrote: > > E. Some of the strongest discussions on the Ada > > discussion lists have centered around the least > > important issues (in particular capitalization and > > indenting). > > Hardly an indictment of the language. Apparently there is nothing more > important to talk about. A good sign, I'd say :). Exactly. And this also means that the ARG workings are in good shape - the ARG addresses emerging important issues before than significant fraction of users can consistently complain about them. > Yes, Ada is a niche language. To some extent, I like it that way. Yes, and I think that the state of art still doesn't permit a mainstream language at this level of quality - there simply aren't enough people able and willing to build and support an infrastructure needed for mainstream language at that level of quality (DoD once tried and failed -:) . Alexander Kopilovitch aek@vib.usr.pu.ru Saint-Petersburg Russia