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: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-24 11:37:24 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died) References: <9fa75d42.0304240950.45114a39@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.13.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1051209434 12.234.13.56 (Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:37:14 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:37:14 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:37:19 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36497 Date: 2003-04-24T18:37:19+00:00 List-Id: >But I am sure you folks couldn't come up with some similar >pronouncements for AI as well. How many people out there who have >years and years of Artificial Intelligence experience and >who really think Ada is the best language for this purpose? > >Any at all? I recall seeing a book with a title like "Artificial Intelligence with Ada" in Computer Literacy Bookstore some time ago. Not being an AI person (having spent my time with things like device drivers in multiple languages and on multiple machines) I don't know if Ada is the best language for AI, but clearly someone thought it a good enough idea to write an entire book on the subject.