From: to.reply@read.my.sig (Rick Thorne)
Subject: Re: What ada 83 compiler is *best*
Date: 1998/12/08
Date: 1998-12-08T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <to.reply-0812980710010001@129.197.97.40> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87k903u4oj.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com
In article <87k903u4oj.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com>, Chris Morgan
<mihalis@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> From the posting you've made on this thread, not much you have to say
> about Java, C++ or Ada will be at all interesting to anyone. I haven't
> worked with Ada for a living for four years (now doing C++, Java, Perl
> etc) so it may be you think "we" share your views. Well I don't.
To Chris:
Honestly, this is irrelevent. Whether or not we as a handful of people in
the profession like Ada has little to do with the trends. The trend is
away from Ada and toward Java and C++ by orders of magnitude. That's
where the jobs are. I know that a few people are doing well in Ada.
There are also a few making money in Jovial as well. Good for them. I'd
rather be where I can count on a future, and Ada's not that place for me.
In truth, I like Ada too. I'm a former Ada man myself, as I believe I
mentioned. There are great things about the language, and since we're all
aware of them there's no point in going into them. I also prefer Beta to
VHS. I also prefer Borland OWL GUI libraries to MFC. Guess what: They're
all nowhere, so there's no point in pursuing them. I really do think
Ada's headed that-a way, and I don't want to be there at 50 looking for an
opening at 7-11 'cuz I made bad choices now.
To all:
My question to the news group was this: does Ada have a future? My answer
has been: Rick, you need to lay off the coffee. Thank you, really - in
your obtuse arrogance, you couldn't have made the point more clear!
Rick
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Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-12-03 0:00 What ada 83 compiler is *best* Rick Thorne
1998-12-03 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-12-03 0:00 ` Gautier
1998-12-07 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-07 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-12-09 0:00 ` Marc A. Criley
1998-12-07 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne [this message]
1998-12-08 0:00 ` David Gillon
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-12-09 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-12-09 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-12-10 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-10 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-12-09 0:00 ` John McCabe
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Roga Danar
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-09 0:00 ` Roga Danar
1998-12-10 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Gautier.DeMontmollin
1998-12-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-12-09 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1998-12-10 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-10 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1998-12-10 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-12-11 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-12-14 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-09 0:00 ` P.S. Norby
1998-12-09 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-12-03 0:00 ` marc j bejerano
1998-12-04 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-12-04 0:00 ` Ada rotting? (was: What ada 83 compiler is *best*) Roga Danar
1998-12-07 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-07 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1998-12-07 0:00 ` David Botton
1998-12-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
[not found] ` <366D6BF8.B1F4C1C0@hercii.mar.lmco.com>
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-09 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1998-12-07 0:00 ` What ada 83 compiler is *best* Jeff Carter
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Steve O'Neill
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-11-18 0:00 Nobody
1998-11-18 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-11-18 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-11-18 0:00 ` Gautier de Montmollin
1998-11-18 0:00 ` dennison
1998-12-03 0:00 ` Roga Danar
1998-11-18 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1998-11-21 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-11-21 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-11-21 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-11-19 0:00 ` whiter5195
1998-11-23 0:00 ` Charlie McCutcheon
[not found] ` <36534040.F30A5E5B@hercii.mar.lmco.com>
1998-11-21 0:00 ` Steve Kerr
1998-11-21 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1998-11-21 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1998-11-22 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
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