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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-30 08:52:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!129.240.148.23!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: randhol@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no (Preben Randhol) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 15:52:21 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> <9k3l9r$10i2$1@pa.aaanet.ru> <3B656345.64AB603A@sneakemail.com> <9k3oa1$2qg8$1@pa.aaanet.ru> <3B657715.7EC592D9@sneakemail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 996508341 2207 129.241.83.82 (30 Jul 2001 15:52:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 15:52:21 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.1 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10758 Date: 2001-07-30T15:52:21+00:00 List-Id: In article <3B657715.7EC592D9@sneakemail.com>, Russ Paielli wrote: > > In the meantime, the Ada community seems determined to rearrange the > chairs on the deck of the Titanic. Since you are claiming you know better, I would like to see some documentation that a syntax change will make hoards of programmers which to the language. > I am new to Ada, and I believe that gives me a certain perspective that > Ada veterans lack. I am making a proposal that could save the best > programming language around, and all I get is a bunch of irrelevant > criticism. I'm also new to Ada, but I don't agree with your arguments. Actually I think it was very nice to come to a language were the source code is clear and easy to read after having used languages such as C and Perl etc... -- �Don't use C; In my opinion, C is a library programming language not an app programming language.� - Owen Taylor (GTK+ developer) Use Ada 95, a free language. More info at http://www.adapower.com/