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Le vendredi 29 juillet 2022 =C3=A0 01:48:58 UTC+2, Nasser M. Abbasi a =C3=
=A9crit=C2=A0:

> May be people just like { } instead of Begin, End?=20

It's a misconception: the "begin" keyword in Ada appears only at the beginn=
ing of a body, or for a block statement.
You are confusing with Pascal where the "begin .. end" pair is the equivale=
nt of C's {}'s.
And yes, this aspect of Pascal's syntax is cumbersome, especially with the =
"if" and "case" statements:
"if x then begin s; t end else begin u; v end".
Spread on several lines and indented, it makes overly long and verbose stat=
ements.
Nevertheless it didn't prevent Pascal to be very popular at some periods in=
 time.

> Or may be there is something else going on.=20

The main issue is: out of the dozens of languages around, how can someone g=
uess that language X has solved Y's issues?
It is especially difficult in companies, where people who make language cho=
ices often don't program themselves.

IMHO the only way to make Ada more popular is to create popular application=
s with it.