Abstract
Every Ada user wonders why Ada doesn't not enjoy the popularity it deserves. Experience shows that once people have been properly trained to it, they generally don't want to return to other languages -- but getting the word to the public-at-large -- marketing - has always been a weak point of Ada. Can we change this situation? Recent indicators, like the ?? language popularity rating, shows some positive indication, with Ada's popularity fast rising. This panel brings together experts with various backgrounds to share their views on how to make Ada more mainstream.
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How to make ada go 'viral'
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SIGAda '11: Proceedings of the 2011 ACM annual international conference on Special interest group on the ada programming languageEvery Ada user wonders why Ada doesn't not enjoy the popularity it deserves. Experience shows that once people have been properly trained to it, they generally don't want to return to other languages -- but getting the word to the public-at-large -- ...
Testing Ada Annex E-distributed systems
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