[GAP] Binding Problem with GNAT

[Cyrille Comar]

Riehle, Richard (CIV) wrote:

Richard,

I understand your frustration but I must admit being a bit surprized by 
some of your claims since they contradict very much our own experience. 
You seem to be describing the events of the end of the 90's. Not what is 
happening at the end of the 2000's. We see a clear new interest in Ada 
coming from a community that did not necessarily follow all the past 
history of the language and don't even know Ada 83. The interest comes 
from the fact that Ada provides a solution to many problems that are 
still not solved adequately by other languages/environments. 
Furthermore, the Ada compilation technology is now much more mature and 
proven-in-use than potential alternative solutions.

> So far, no one has written an article for widespread publication
> announcing the advent of Ada 2005.   I have not even seen such an
> article in Crosstalk. 

You seem to have missed the August 2006 edition that is dedicated 
exclusively to Ada 2005!

  There is never any mention of Ada in any
> of the DoD publications.  Not every Federal Computer Week has had
> an announcement, as far as I know.

here again that does not correspond to my experience. We must be reading 
different publications... ;-)

> Sorry for the rant.  

It is good to rant sometimes... but I felt compelled to answer since 
your ranting is clearly not representative of the current situation.

Ada is both a very modern and experienced language. It is true that it 
is mostly popular in the software niche where quality and reliability 
are real requirements. A lot of the software industry privileges short 
time-to-market at the expense of quality & reliability and this is not 
the preferred area for Ada.

  It is also true that the programming language per se is not a major 
focus of the software engineering community anymore. It is only an issue 
for a small part of the software development cycle...