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 10.66.65.142 with SMTP id x14mr25191783pas.14.1405039167693; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:39:27 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.182.241.227 with SMTP id wl3mr55885obc.7.1405039167565; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:39:27 -0700 (PDT) Path: buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!hn18no470577igb.0!news-out.google.com!gf2ni5igb.0!nntp.google.com!hn18no470575igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:39:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=92.109.179.4; posting-account=uePmQwoAAADTqdMkQ5mqQNa8zVpjxCa1 NNTP-Posting-Host: 92.109.179.4 References: <72b1318a-2eb6-4129-af9b-5bcfbb329c5b@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <5bf44cbc-3b88-40e9-a3c2-0d0665b2f2f4@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Ada's ranking of popularity at IEEE Spectrum From: gvdschoot@gmail.com Injection-Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:39:27 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:187507 Date: 2014-07-10T17:39:27-07:00 List-Id: On Thursday, July 10, 2014 3:30:10 PM UTC+2, Gerd wrote: > Am Sonntag, 6. Juli 2014 17:19:04 UTC+2 schrieb Dan'l Miller: >=20 > > http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-the-top-programming-languag= es Ada is the 36th most-popular language. The over-arching goal of Ada202X = should be to figure out how to attract more developers, both grand visions = and low-hanging fruit. For example, would a first-order-logic library attra= ct Prolog programmers? >=20 >=20 >=20 > Forget all those "tagged type" stuff, and offer "classes" so that also C+= + and Java developers can get familiar with it. You want Ada to be more popular? Easy. All you have to do is: - Use LLVM - Use a BSD license for all the libs and runtime - Write an entire nix-ish OS in it - Get rid of the overhead in code writing (think Oberon) This requires organization and budget. Who is gonna pay?