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 Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!ken-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-south.connect.com.au!quokka.wn.com.au!not-for-mail From: Brian May Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How come Ada isn't more popular? Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:19:57 +1100 Message-ID: References: <1169531612.200010.153120@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: snoopy.microcomaustralia.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news-01.bur.connect.com.au 1173061203 2511 202.72.130.18 (5 Mar 2007 02:20:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@connect.com.au User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) XEmacs/21.4.19 (linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NDWIdV9mfROV0gxfhMJDhHX92NY= Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:9672 Date: 2007-03-05T13:19:57+11:00 List-Id: >>>>> "artifact" == artifact one writes: artifact> My question is: how come Ada isn't more popular? Reason 1: You have to wade through 400+ messages on the topic on comp.lang.ada to find out the answer! (a summary would be good... but I don't have time) artifact> This isn't intended to start a flame war, I'm genuinely artifact> interested. Too late ;-) Actually, more a discussion then a flame war, but anyway. I know somebody who was forced to program in Ada and hated it. I guess this just shows different people think in different ways. Ada is very strict, and this is one of the reasons why I like it. -- Brian May