Re: Interest in Ada is growing strong

["Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr>]

Le Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:57:01 +0200, Ludovic Brenta  
<ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> a écrit:

> The world-renowned Ada-Belgium International Spring Event once again
> attracted a crowd; this year, 12 persons were present and another 2
> expressed interest but could not attend. The Beaujolais Effect was
> demonstrated once again. The Debian packaging workshop attracted
> unprecedented audience of 5 enthusiastic people (not including
> myself), some of whom actually came prepared with questions and Debian
> already installed on their machines.
>
> All in all it was a very pleasant event; Lady Ada smiled upon us from
> the heavens and granted us excellent weather. I look forward to next
> time.
>
> There were 10 people present last year, 2 of whom also attended the
> Debian packaging workshop. So, the interest in Ada grew 20% year over
> year and the interest in "Ada in Debian" grew 150% year over year. Not
> bad for a "dying" language.
>
> --
> Ludovic Brenta.

Could not join for personal reasons. Hope this will be OK for next year or  
a later year.

Cheers, and hope you all enjoyed a lot.

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