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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2702c1ed8be62863 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: to.reply@read.my.sig (Rick Thorne) Subject: Re: What ada 83 compiler is *best* Date: 1998/12/08 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 420070813 References: <3666F5A4.2CCF6592@maths.unine.ch> <87k903u4oj.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com> Organization: Some, but limited Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-12-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <87k903u4oj.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com>, Chris Morgan 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 -- ? Rick Thorne ? "I'm quite illiterate, ? ? software engineer by day ? but I read a lot" ? ? harried father of two by night ? J. D. Salinger ? ? rick.thorne@lmco.com ? ? ? http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/6816/ ?