Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Niklas Holsti Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:24:37 +0300 Organization: Tidorum Ltd Lines: 25 Message-ID: <9b1c66Fn1nU1@mid.individual.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net mlfoUNipYh55085WUmxvTAYrfCZqaNotuAwR19Eor9+Ue+GLEY Cancel-Lock: sha1:dNtYO1A+eHWlXE0tUGnr5hoSESg= User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100328) In-Reply-To: Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:7154 KevinSimonson wrote: > Ada, the programming language mandated for the military for a time, > was a wonderful language that didn't deserve to die. But it did, No it didn't. The Ada language has been extended and updated regularly; a new standard is due to appear in 2012. Several compilers are available, one of the best being gnat, which is a part of gcc and is freely available on many platforms. See libre.adacore.com and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_(programming_language). > and now Java is alive and well Agreed. > and nobody seems to be doing anything at all with Ada. The number of people working with Ada is certainly smaller than for Java, but far from zero. Even the USENET group comp.lang.ada is quite active. -- Niklas Holsti Tidorum Ltd niklas holsti tidorum fi . @ .