Ada is alive & well in a limited way, namely military systems. Java has = eclipsed it. BTW: every time you use PL/SQL your actually using a child = of Ada!!! Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- From: ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 11:57 AM To: ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; BoivinP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: MacGregor, Ian A. Subject: RE: as or is(about ada) Ian McGregors mention about Ada got me to thinking. Anyone know why it = died off? It seemed like a language where you can develop very quickly?=20 >=20 >=20 > PL/SQL has had is and as from the beginning. What about Ada?=20 >=20 > Ian MacGregor=20 > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center=20 > ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 -- To unsubscribe - = mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=3Dunsubscribe=20 To search the archives - //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ -- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To search the archives - //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/