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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,
	REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Google-Thread: 103376,c406e0c4a6eb74ed
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
Path: 
 g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!news.cs.univ-paris8.fr!news.zanker.org!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail
From: Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:45:52 +0200
Organization: AdaCL
Message-ID: <14621762.agsnpbO1oI@linux1.krischik.com>
References: <49dc98cf.0408110556.18ae7df@posting.google.com>
 <vpblkhspuA9F@eisner.encompasserve.org>
 <e749549b.0409051449.574ec9ce@posting.google.com>
 <m3wtz7e4hd.fsf@rigel.goldenthreadtech.com>
 <413e2fbd$0$30586$626a14ce@news.free.fr>
 <e749549b.0409081708.60484f64@posting.google.com>
 <choh37$8i9$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
 <e749549b.0409101556.6bd1e4f6@posting.google.com>
 <1371289.WCcgO7lass@linux1.krischik.com> <1094926196.802462@yasure>
 <chvgdd$1dr$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> <1094968820.732543@yasure>
Reply-To: krischik@users.sourceforge.net
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit
X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1095011260 06 4351 IS0eXN+lAaIFDqK 040912 17:47:40
X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de
X-ID: VTL97TZSreGdCF1Yz8oYvawqqpWC5eHVrqkMegUB60SmOM7YWZNC6E
User-Agent: KNode/0.7.7
Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3632
Date: 2004-09-12T19:45:52+02:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

Benjamin Ketcham wrote:

> Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> wrote:
>> Benjamin Ketcham <bketcham@drizzle.com> wrote:
>> : 
>> : The fact that C99 has not caught on would seem to indicate that
>> : the market considers it *less* useful, not more!  The de facto
>> : industry standard is "C90 plus the common extensions", and there it
>> : remains.  I guess the C programmers didn't want their language to
>> : go down the path of the "RM".  Or, they just don't see it as
>> : necessary (niche areas like numerical computation being exceptions).
>> 
>> Maybe C99 is as yet unknown to many C programmers?
> 
> Well, I can't speak for the "unwashed masses" of C/C++/Win32 programmers;
> I wouldn't expect my own experience to necessarily be the same.  But *I*
> am certainly aware of C99; and personally, I haven't met any C programmers
> who are not aware of C99.

Being aware is one thing, but do they actually know what is inside?

With Regards

Martin

-- 
mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net
http://www.ada.krischik.com