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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,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: Ada rotting? (was: What ada 83 compiler is *best*) Date: 1998/12/08 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 420078953 References: <366822F5.D80741EE@XXX_nospam_stelnj.com> <366C2564.1C17E3EE@pwfl.com> Organization: Some, but limited Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-12-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <366C2564.1C17E3EE@pwfl.com>, diespammer@pwfl.com wrote: > To a large extent, the destiny of Ada is what we make of it. We can > stand around complaining that big companies with project managers who > know very little about languages make choices for lower quality > languages instead of Ada. *OR* We can just go off and start building > things in Ada and making them available until it starts to generate its > critical mass needed for a long and prosperous life. > [snip the remainder of this excellent response] Thank you for this most rational reply. It's clear, well-composed, and truthful. It does, unfortunately, also tell me the bad news: Ada's hardly a settled tool in our business. Your reply, Marin, is typical of the more thoughtful ones: it's more "let's make Ada the technology of choice in spite of its lean market appeal." A noble gesture, I think, but unlikely. I thank you all for your responses and apologize for some of my tone. I may have come off as an arrogant brat, but I do like and respect you all. I've been trying to get answers to my very important career choice questions, and since the I Ching was unclear I decided to try the direct approach. I've found this in life: if you want a response, ask a question. If you want and answer, piss someone off. It's contrary to me nature, but it DOES work. Thanx again. -- ? 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/ ?