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: 103376,30a7e825312b39d8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit From: Brian May Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Software Engineering Ethics References: Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 15:08:19 +1100 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NRA8SI5rzActwMeZU011/0TE9zg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: snoopy.microcomaustralia.com.au X-Trace: news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com 1105243669 202.173.153.89 (9 Jan 2005 14:07:49 +1000) X-Complaints-To: abuse@pipenetworks.com X-Abuse-Info: Please forward all headers to enable your complaint to be properly processed. Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!news1.optus.net.au!optus!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7575 Date: 2005-01-09T15:08:19+11:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Jeffrey" == Jeffrey Carter writes: Jeffrey> I've seen some ads for a position converting an Ada Jeffrey> application to C++. They say they'll train you in C++, as Jeffrey> if that were some sort of attraction. A job agency that contacted me recently saw on my resume that I had been involved in a Ada project. The representative said "That must be really old...". I said "No, its relatively recent". No response. Either he realized he made a mistake or he considered me a total idiot for writing new software with an "obsolete" language. Not sure which one, although I suspect the later. I think many people treat Ada as an obsolete language, much like Fortran (for example), without considering if this really is the case. Old doesn't always mean obsolete, not even with the rapid progress made in IT. The ironic thing is (to the best of my knowledge), Borland still support Delphi, which is based on Pascal, and Ada is based on Pascal... I haven't heard anyone complain about Pascal being obsolete. -- Brian May