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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,677963b1aa23e668 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!94.75.214.39.MISMATCH!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What's stopping you from using Ada for your next commercial project? Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:42:48 +0100 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <7d308b7b-51d7-4c93-85c8-eecb40f843d0@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com> <88bf5879-c58e-4ae1-ad9e-e2b6a48729fe@34g2000pru.googlegroups.com> <80b0754d-b6f2-4861-988e-f76c51f20ed9@t19g2000prd.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: V3m71nKMeFV1XsM5rgnmrw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.01 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:19145 Date: 2011-03-14T15:42:48+01:00 List-Id: Le Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:09:12 +0100, KK6GM = a =C3=A9crit: > Definitely agree - Ada's fixed-point is a hidden gem for embedded > programming. It makes me crazy that the industry has ignored Ada the > way it has. Not only it ignores Ada, but fixed-point too (to be exact). I suspect = advertising requirements to have an impact here: wiiide floating points = = talks to many people as a must; fixed point talks to no-one. -- = Si les chats miaulent et font autant de vocalises bizarres, c=E2=80=99es= t pas pour = les chiens. =E2=80=9CI am fluent in ASCII=E2=80=9D [Warren 2010]