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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,21960280f1d61e84 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How come Ada isn't more popular? References: <1169531612.200010.153120@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <20070123211651.c0d43695.tero.koskinen@iki.fi> <87zm89tpk7.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <4q4pqgmdwo.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> <1169719988.972296.121430@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> <4iauh.1157694$084.1040745@attbi_s22> From: Markus E Leypold Organization: N/A Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:43:12 +0100 Message-ID: User-Agent: Some cool user agent (SCUG) Cancel-Lock: sha1:zpz09JJwhPqC6lYCDyif2+luD3I= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.72.211.238 X-Trace: news.arcor-ip.de 1170023906 88.72.211.238 (28 Jan 2007 23:38:26 +0200) X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor-ip.de Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!news.unit0.net!newsfeed.arcor-ip.de!news.arcor-ip.de!not-for-mail Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:8664 Date: 2007-01-28T23:43:12+01:00 List-Id: Cesar Rabak writes: > present beliefs in the SW industry are that the process (CMM sense) is > what makes SW more reliable or not. Well, that is not completely wrong, you know. Though usually in practice are code reviews are rarely done, despite the fact that they are known to be the best instrument for creating code of high quality. > Upper management is used to navigate in the muddy waters of non > perfect systems: unreliable OSs, virus/worm/trojan threats, so coping > with a 'popular' language is part of the (usual) business. Which just means they recognize the value of the "things that already exist" oas opposed to "the things that would have yet to be written". A wise attidute indeed. > Another question we tend to forget about C is the formidable ecosystem > that exists to help companies to get right with lint-like tools, > memory checkers, etc. Exactly my point. This mitigates the "C is utter s***" judgment a bit. >> While C++ may have some capabilities not found in other languages, >> it is still a poor choice for software where dependability is >> important. It is not a language well-suited to safety-critical >> software. On the other hand, I am impresed with a lot of the >> design elements of C#. It still fall short of being ideal for >> safety-critical software, but it is an improvement over C++ and >> Java. > Food for thought: > > Let's see, if we pick a recent project (Next-Generation James Webb > Space Telescope) what would be the proposed language by IBM? Perhaps mot C#. What do you suggest? Regards -- Markus