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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to get Ada to ?cross the chasm?? Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 16:57:54 +0200 Organization: Also freenews.netfront.net; news.tornevall.net; news.eternal-september.org Message-ID: References: <1c73f159-eae4-4ae7-a348-03964b007197@googlegroups.com> <87k1su7nag.fsf@nightsong.com> <87po2la2qt.fsf@nightsong.com> <87in8buttb.fsf@jacob-sparre.dk> <3f7a7f76-c5eb-4cba-9051-6b5dfeeb906c@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 14:57:55 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="0bf9106b11a5aa59ef18b2d99eecd140"; logging-data="11330"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18uEne2bdq/YPHW09pZGyYaBNriLWA+CKk=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.7.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Cancel-Lock: sha1:6atLVFdMu9j0aBZODev/NdV25bE= Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:51794 Date: 2018-04-29T16:57:54+02:00 List-Id: On 04/29/2018 01:33 PM, patrick@spellingbeewinnars.org wrote: > That's fair but that's not the only issue. If no one appears to be maintaining the software then it becomes less attractive. Issues can come up later and with no one to apply a bug fix, it could be a real problem. > > And that's just the technical aspect, poor presentation is a problem even if there are no technical issues. Software that has not been updated for 10 years just isn't going to be as appealing as software that was updated a year ago. This is a common attitude among those who cannot create complete, correct, robust S/W, and so assume that no one can. Such software exists, however, and is more common among Ada created by S/W engs than in the rest of the S/W world. I take exactly the opposite view: if a library is being used and has not needed modifications for quite a while, then it's more likely that it's complete, correct, and reliable and something I'll want to use. -- Jeff Carter "Ditto, you provincial putz?" Blazing Saddles 86