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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-30 08:47:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: randhol@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no (Preben Randhol) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 15:47:38 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> <3B655FF1.F5268A37@sneakemail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 996508058 2207 129.241.83.82 (30 Jul 2001 15:47:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 15:47:38 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.1 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10757 Date: 2001-07-30T15:47:38+00:00 List-Id: In article <3B655FF1.F5268A37@sneakemail.com>, Russ Paielli wrote: > > I think you are barking up the wrong tree. Not only that, you are > putting the cart before the horse. Why do you think so few open-source > programs are written in Ada? I just hope folks like you wake up before > Ada goes the way of HAL and Jovial. Certainly not because the syntax is not like C's. -- �Don't use C; In my opinion, C is a library programming language not an app programming language.� - Owen Taylor (GTK+ developer) Use Ada 95, a free language. More info at http://www.adapower.com/