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Subject: Re: What's stopping you from using Ada for your next commercial
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Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:49:13 +0200
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Le Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:36:23 +0100, Marco <prenom_nomus@yahoo.com> a =C3=
=A9crit:

> On Wednesday, March 9, 2011 1:58:47 AM UTC-7, Maciej Sobczak wrote:
>
>> Three things:
>>
>> 1. Knowledge. Most companies do not even know that Ada exists
>> (really!).
>    I agree most folks think it is dead or dying.
At least its concepts may not be so much dying. I currently reading an  =

overview of the design principle of the old ECMAScript 4 project (a type=
d  =

JavaScript for short), and it appears to use the same kind of  =

orthogonality as Ada do (not overloading the class concept). It does not=
  =

use class for hiding, it use=E2=80=A6 packages and namespaces!

Quoted from =E2=80=9CProposed ECMAScript 4th Edition =E2=80=93 Language =
Overview=E2=80=9D [2007]:

    Privacy.

    Modularity, name hiding, and library construction are supported
    by packages and namespaces, which control access to names and=E2=80=94=
together
    with the type system=E2=80=94provide for robust APIs between separat=
ely
    implemented modules.

When I read this, I straight away though, =E2=80=9Cthere is a taste of A=
da here=E2=80=9D :)

You see, the philosophy not entirely dying in the end.

-- =

Si les chats miaulent et font autant de vocalises bizarres, c=E2=80=99es=
t pas pour  =

les chiens.
=E2=80=9C c++; /* this makes c bigger but returns the old value */ =E2=80=
=9D [Anonymous]