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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c23311c4d57b937e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news-lei1.dfn.de!news-ham1.dfn.de!news.zfn.uni-bremen.de!informatik.uni-bremen.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!uni-duisburg.de!not-for-mail From: Georg Bauhaus Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Embedded Keynote Speaker Mentions Ada Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 22:07:09 +0000 (UTC) Organization: GMUGHDU Message-ID: References: <414B6E62.9070402@acm.org> <0hL2d.762$QB1.501@trndny02> <414E2306.6030404@acm.org> <8%q3d.1820$kn2.1441@trndny07> <414EE3A0.9080106@acm.org> <97de285c.0409211234.596b663a@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de X-Trace: a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de 1095804429 1591 134.91.1.34 (21 Sep 2004 22:07:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.uni-duisburg.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 22:07:09 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (HP-UX/B.11.00 (9000/800)) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3908 Date: 2004-09-21T22:07:09+00:00 List-Id: Tom <8f27iw6z@canada.com> wrote: : It does : not distill a lot of confidence in a computer language when the so : called enthusiasts can't even keep their web sites up to date. Well yes, though you would have to explain why you think that all compiler vendors must always be Ada enthusiasts ;-). Anyway, there are other operating systems besides Windows XP where a language like Ada is known better. For example, would you prefer Windows XP to VxWorks if your program is going to control a big dangerous power drill? -- Georg