Re: long term viability of Ada

[Ralph Paul <paul@tornado.aem.umn.edu>]

Dave Wood <dpw@thomsoft.com> writes:

[ snip ]
> In fact, we've noted an increasing trend in people looking to move
> *from* C++ *to* Ada 95.  Right now, I would consider this to be
> essentially anecdotal because at this point only a few true Ada 95
> compilers have hit the market.  An evaluation at this time next 
> year would provide a much more reliable barometer of the long-term
> prospects for Ada, in my opinion, both because there will be more
> Ada 95 compilers available, and because the ones currently 
> available will have been around longer.

In fact I have seen a comment on comp.lang.modula2 that Stoney Brook
( spelling ?) is also developping their own new Ada95 compiler.
( They do/did have a fairly popular Modula-2 compiler for PC's. )
     
I think this goes to show that other companies then the traditional 
Ada supporters are really looking into Ada95 and see it as a good 
( maybe even better ) alternative to the current standards ( C/C++, ...)

I hope that this will become a trend not just for Windows but also for
other ( OS/2, Be ) systems (:-).
 
CU,

Ralph Paul

	paul@aem.umn.edu
or	ralph@ifr.luftahrt.uni-stuttgart.de