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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,da46977c58c329df X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-31 17:42:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada's Slide To Oblivion ... Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 19:42:54 -0600 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19452 Date: 2002-01-31T19:42:54-06:00 List-Id: Volkert wrote in message ... >found at Embedded Systems Programming: > >>Ada is the only language designed to >>significantly reduce and maybe even >>eliminate dumb programming errors. Did >>it fall into disuse because we're >>intellectually lazy? > >read more: http://www.embedded.com/story/OEG20020125S0098 I hope that some of the people pontificating on this newsgroup are actually providing feedback to the author of the article (which he asks for at the end). I'd do it myself, but my embedded software experience is limited to supporting customers doing it. All of my good war stories are on desktops and servers. Writing here might make people feel good, but does nothing whatsoever to promote Ada or convince people that using C/C++ is dangerous. Randy Brukardt