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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:03:56 +0200
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On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 20:45:42 GMT, Marin David Condic wrote:

> Where did I say it had to be one way or the other?

You didn't. But I have an impression that it is the law of supply and
demand.

> Is the premise that 
> only lousy products can be commercial successes?

It seems much so. Or better to say, that quality of any kind plays very
little role.

> I disagree with that.

Yes, to keep on use Ada one should indeed disagree... (:-))

> What I suggest is that Ada enthusiasts attempt to understand the 
> *economics* of programming languages and make Ada more attractive from 
> an *economic* perspective.

You are right. The problem is that all our understanding seems to fall
under either: a) everything is perfect we just need $2**10 for an Ada
promotion campaign. b) everything is better than perfect, we just need to
rewrite STL, AWS, MS-Word in Ada.

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de