From: to.reply@read.my.sig (Rick Thorne)
Subject: Re: Ada rotting? (was: What ada 83 compiler is *best*)
Date: 1998/12/08
Date: 1998-12-08T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <to.reply-0812980930120001@129.197.97.40> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 366D56C8.B0F0D6F0@pwfl.com
In article <366D56C8.B0F0D6F0@pwfl.com>, diespammer@pwfl.com wrote:
> I appreciate the compliment. Let me say this about the market appeal:
> Ada has become entrenched rather nicely in certain parts of the market
> and is not going to go away any time soon. [-]
Excellent point, Marin, and a very encouraging one at that. What you're
identifying here is the fact that Ada has a very stable niche market. The
same can be said of other excellent software technologies: Smalltalk,
LISP, Yourden/DeMarco structured design/analysis, etc. This IS
encouraging considering how viable some of these niches can be and often
are. There is considerable momentum in these areas; I agree and willingly
conceed this point.
I'm still interested in knowing about Ada in more commercial non-aerospace
markets. Anyone got news?!?
> So while Ada may not be the language in which people are currently
> building Internet applications, that doesn't mean it is going to
> disappear.
Very well put. OK, OK - Ada's back in the tool box. Granted, it'll be a
less used tool for now, and I guarantee I'll need to sharpen it 'cuz all
my Java and C++ tools are banging it around, but it's back.
> As for career choices, keep in mind that a good software engineer is not
> good only in one language.
... or only one element of the lifecycle. As much as I love programming,
my specialty is really UML/OMT OOD/OOA, and those are wonderful tool very
much in demand in the software engineering world AND much more at the
heart of the software engineering productivity crisis. I agree again with
you, Marin - there's more to our profession than a single language or any
OTHER topic under the software engineering umbrella.
Thanx for the good ideas - hope I can return the favor another time.
Rick
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1998-12-03 0:00 What ada 83 compiler is *best* Rick Thorne
1998-12-03 0:00 ` Gautier
1998-12-07 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-07 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
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
1998-12-07 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
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Gautier.DeMontmollin
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
1998-12-09 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 ` Larry Kilgallen
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 ` 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
1998-12-07 0:00 ` David Botton
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne [this message]
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 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Steve O'Neill
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
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