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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.13.234.129 with SMTP id t123mr7557151ywe.7.1449775337472; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:22:17 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.73.167 with SMTP id m7mr210088obv.11.1449775337430; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:22:17 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!news.glorb.com!f78no7659859qge.1!news-out.google.com!f6ni19042igq.0!nntp.google.com!mv3no14391852igc.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:22:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <9492aa0a-3363-4884-af8b-2377e317f3f7@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.225.51.130; posting-account=rdRzuwoAAAAyW3CSBhs_xgfCUJSc1aNt NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.225.51.130 References: <6fbfec8f-375f-4476-bffe-b2be16378b1e@googlegroups.com> <9492aa0a-3363-4884-af8b-2377e317f3f7@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <00886703-b5ed-4142-8f82-51605eef7166@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Happy Birthday, Ada! From: Britt Injection-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:22:17 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:28763 Date: 2015-12-10T11:22:17-08:00 List-Id: On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:49:09 PM UTC-5, David Botton wrote: > I object (like any one cares) to SPARK on the timeline. May as well add Oracle's PRO/SQL if doing that... Pigeon holing Ada to a niche market is a long term disaster even if a short term lifeline for AdaCore. Oh my! I've used SPARK (the original version) and found it to be a very expressive language with a mature toolset that delivered what it promised. The SPARK 2014 update is a very relevant enhancement to the language. It belongs in the timeline. - Britt