On Thursday 10 September 2015 20:33:03 Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:04:05 -0700 (PDT), rurpy--- via Python-list > > <python-list@python.org> declaimed the following: > >I also doubt there were more programming languages around in the > >1970s than now, on the grounds that there were far fewer people > >capable of writing a compiler or interpreter in those days, and > >there were far fewer tools to help, or easily accessible knowledge > >about how to do do it. > > Yet there were enough assorted semi-specialized languages in use on > military programs to induce the DoD to run the competition for a > singular language -- which became Ada.
And which should be noted that it has been a rather spectacular failure in the commercial market. Does that mean that those who can code in Ada are working only for the military's suppliers, and because they are a scarce commodity, writing their own paycheck? I don't know, other than no one is publically bragging about it. > -- > Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN > wlfr...@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/ Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
