From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a0c:fe01:: with SMTP id x1mr21567540qvr.246.1593555249378; Tue, 30 Jun 2020 15:14:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a4a:c43:: with SMTP id n3mr7972796ooe.66.1593554825523; Tue, 30 Jun 2020 15:07:05 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.uzoreto.com!feeder1.feed.usenet.farm!feed.usenet.farm!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 15:07:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=71.94.145.179; posting-account=84ieUgoAAAAnUS2e_T521zfeUcALYrrJ NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.94.145.179 References: <4d9fa282-830d-42f7-a3bf-ba127cb2ad06o@googlegroups.com> <8332f305-299f-45d7-9f9d-2cad924b24d8o@googlegroups.com> <9d941aca-2eb6-4f35-a346-c290c4666bdfo@googlegroups.com> <76def2a5-667c-4009-b3b9-f0cf1c13a51bo@googlegroups.com> <3b5b2360-684c-4149-8662-98b53319cf94o@googlegroups.com> <471e2c4a-192f-443d-8247-c06d56ab2092o@googlegroups.com> <9ea97f89-8912-4c59-a1c2-2aa71107902do@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <837dc8af-5747-4d56-a330-e4b4c95c66f6o@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Ada on Apple's new procesors From: Wesley Pan Injection-Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 22:14:09 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:59276 List-Id: On Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 1:52:25 PM UTC-7, Luke A. Guest wrote: >=20 > I'm developing SDLAda, there are mobile targets. I don't see why Ada > shouldn't. Jesus, even COBOL can compile to mobile according to an > article I read a while ago. If AdaCore and Ada users want people not > thinking that Ada is an ancient language, then it needs to wake up, > smell the coffee and get on mobile. I COMPLETELY agree with Luke! We need Ada to expand to things like mobile, = gaming, and other "more exciting" markets to help attract the new generatio= ns of software engineers and to stay relevant in the public's eyes. The gam= ing industry alone rivals that of Hollywood. By end of 2019, GTA 5 sold mor= e than 100 million copies worldwide, earning its publisher more than $6 bil= lion on a $265 million development budget. That's not chump change. How can= members of the Ada community ever really jump into such industries if the = same issues like the license keep coming up as road blocks?! I'm not in any way suggesting the Ada community give up its focus on the sa= fety and reliability angle. Those are very important too. But, if you were = to have affordable/free Ada tools for mobile/gaming on one side, and expens= ive tools for the next-gen Mars rover on the other side, which do you think= would attract more end users? BTW, even the new "cool" Rust language is being used to develop apps for mo= bile. Ada apps....?