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,c4dceed07079aa0e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-29 10:52:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!fr.ip.ndsoftware.net!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: An article in Science magazine about the future of programming languages Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:49:12 +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 1078080650 7138 212.85.156.195 (29 Feb 2004 18:50:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 18:50:50 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: ; from Preben Randhol at Sun, 29 Feb 2004 11:12:55 +0000 (UTC) X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.44 MSDOS] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p7 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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:5951 Date: 2004-02-29T21:49:12+03:00 Preben Randhol wrote: >> Here is a reference: > >Can you give any hints what is said in the abstract/article. I cannot >access it. I can't access full text of the article as well (they charge $10 per article for non-subscribers), but all abstracts are accessible there (with free registration). So here is the abstract: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Software and the Future of Programming Languages Alfred V. Aho Although software is the key enabler of the global information infrastructure, the amount and extent of software in use in the world today are not widely understood, nor are the programming languages and paradigms that have been used to create the software. The vast size of the embedded base of existing software and the increasing costs of software maintenance, poor security, and limited functionality are posing significant challenges for the software R&D community. Department of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Kopilovitch aek@vib.usr.pu.ru Saint-Petersburg Russia