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: 103376,df1a7f1c3c3bc77e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 15:15:03 -0500 Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 15:59:22 -0400 From: Jeffrey Creem User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: An Ada Advice Inquiry References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.147.74.171 X-Trace: sv3-PmYKgV2DhlD+sIfmotNfGY2AH4Y8r7ExuXNI3b2esaDWQMAmopaarFFgaVZaooPJSIU3Lu2SupaJ7wp!0B5yhc2h5z9+UtUkFmXm9zKRS1kSaPfw6g/i2xzkXQIuQCbbaS076wXDEa4rBUC9x85ekf2SKyFf!7aHh1xtRg/5BjY9dhYH6GQ== X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.34 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15539 Date: 2007-05-04T15:59:22-04:00 List-Id: adaworks@sbcglobal.net wrote: > "Stephen Leake" wrote in message > news:uabwku1tj.fsf@stephe-leake.org... >> writes: >> >>> One of the concerns is whether anyone else is choosing to >>> use Ada for new projects. He does not want to be the >>> only one to make such a choice. It is well-known that >>> there are a lot of Ada software products being maintained, >>> but is anyone choosing it for new projects? Good question, >>> I answer. >> Why is this a concern? >> > It is a concern because of the appearance of diminishing usage > of the language. He sees C++ magazines, books, articles, and > information without even seeking it. As noted in another thread, > the Cohen book is out-of-print and will not be reprinted or > updated. Few other books are available for the new Ada, > at this writing > It is a valid concern but as I like to point out, I believe C++ as pretty much peaked as well. Java, C#, Ruby, Python and PHP and others are all taking various portions of the market. One of the state schools in the area just dropped C++ as the primary teach language (still offered)... The best evidence that C++ is on its way out is that now in many DoD contractors, they just assume that all projects should be C++. By the time the DoD contractors start using something, you can be pretty much bank on it being obsolete :)