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!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!newsdst01.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr29.news.prodigy.net.POSTED!4988f22a!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <1169531612.200010.153120@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <20070123211651.c0d43695.tero.koskinen@iki.fi> <87zm89tpk7.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <4q4pqgmdwo.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> <1169719988.972296.121430@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> <4iauh.1157694$084.1040745@attbi_s22> Subject: Re: How come Ada isn't more popular? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.134.135.166 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr29.news.prodigy.net 1170173977 ST000 70.134.135.166 (Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:19:37 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:19:37 EST Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: O@Y[R^[GZRRER_H]]RKB_UDAZZ\DPCPDLXUNNHPIMASJETAANVW[AKWZE\]^XQWIGNE_[EBL@^_\^JOCQ^RSNVLGTFTKHTXHHP[NB\_C@\SD@EP_[KCXX__AGDDEKGFNB\ZOKLRNCY_CGG[RHT_UN@C_BSY\G__IJIX_PLSA[CCFAULEY\FL\VLGANTQQ]FN Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:19:37 GMT Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:8718 Date: 2007-01-30T16:19:37+00:00 List-Id: "Cesar Rabak" wrote in message news:eplsvd$1uu$1@aioe.org... > > I don't have a clue, but even in the site from Rational (where there is > mention to other IBM products) there is not a word about Ada... > It is really sad that Rational has decided to hide the fact that it was once an Ada company. This trend began over ten years ago when they began to avoid any mention of Ada at trade shows, in advertisements, and elsewhere. They still make money from Ada, but they act as if they are ashamed of having anything to do with it. IBM has never been good with Ada. Rarely did anything they ever did that involved Ada turned out well. Their commitment to their own Ada products was wishy-washy, and their Ada projects never seemed to get very far. That being said, even their own language, PL/I has been allowed to spiral into decline. It seems that IBM has not programming language strategy, and Rational has adopted the IBM position with regard to languages. When I was active in Ada, up through 2000, there were a fair number of Rational Ada users. I wonder if there are any new projects using Rational Ada. My guess is, very few. Rational just does not seem to be interested in Ada anymore. I would hope I am wrong about that, but I suspect I'm not. Richard Riehle