"first mover advantage" of those who later won? ADA was way ahead of its time, thus compilers were slow and ressource (RAM) hungry, and worse: they were inacce

"first mover advantage" of those who later won? ADA was way ahead of its time, thus compilers were slow and ressource (RAM) hungry, and worse: they were inaccessible for hobbyists or learners. In contrast, pascal/turbo pascal was ubiquitous, and then turbo c++. You easily knew someone who could organize a copy and "keys" for it.