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: 103376,7bcba1db9ed24fa7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-07 02:53:50 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: is ada dead? Message-ID: References: <3B460DA9.C2965042@ix.netcom.com> <9ff447f2.0107061757.34ca0723@posting.google.com> <9i6lak$bqi$1@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> Organization: LJK Software Date: 7 Jul 2001 05:53:43 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 994499626 216.44.122.34 (Sat, 07 Jul 2001 09:53:46 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 09:53:46 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9599 Date: 2001-07-07T05:53:43-05:00 List-Id: In article <9i6lak$bqi$1@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, "Bobby D. Bryant" writes: > In article <9ff447f2.0107061757.34ca0723@posting.google.com>, "Adrian > Hoe" wrote: > > >> Ada is a programming language appreciated by engineers who know the >> benefits. Java is a programming language appreciated by people who >> likes to read ads and listen to marketing persuasion. > > It looks to me that the family C, C++, Java, and C# show a teleological > evolutionary trend toward becoming an Ada clone. I don't think they will ever forsake their null-terminated strings.