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-Thread: a07f3367d7,a9d5d6c7940edbc2 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.flashnewsgroups.com-b7.4zTQh5tI3A!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Getting Ada visible References: <98b02c48-fc63-4962-89c6-a2deee711605@w36g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> From: Stephen Leake Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:29:49 -0400 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:t06sy0xMghDB1Qqf6cbsve2Wa8A= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@flashnewsgroups.com Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com X-Trace: 3cf414aa7671ee197caa714877 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:8238 Date: 2009-09-09T04:29:49-04:00 List-Id: Martin writes: > Just got this in an email from Jack Ganssle (Ada fan!) and thought it > might do to get some Ada boxes ticked to show it is still alive-and- > kicking: > > "VDC Research is conducting its annual survey of embedded engineers, > and if you are involved in the engineering of embedded systems, > they'd be interested in hearing from you. The research covers > embedded software, hardware, tools, and development practices. VDC > will provide all respondents who complete the survey: > > * A summary of the 2009 survey findings > * A chance to win a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate > * Instant access to a summary of VDC's 2008 survey findings > > To begin the survey, go to: > http://www.vdcresearch.com/misc/surveys/09esdt/?RID=G" I just did this, and it's a well-designed survey, with a nice web interface. Obviously oriented towards tool marketing, but that's what pays the bills. And Ada is one of the choices for language (the first choice, of course :). Interestingly, VHDL is _not_ one of the choices! -- -- Stephe