Very much so - I naively thought Ada was going to dominate before C++ did. I tried three times to make Ada the shop standard ( in very small shops ) but there w

Very much so - I naively thought Ada was going to dominate before C++ did. I tried three times to make Ada the shop standard ( in very small shops ) but there was always something that didn't fit. It is also very strange to me that Bruce Powell Douglass' work has largely gone unlauded. As clunky as UML is, the class of tools there - beginning with ObjecTime - provide considerable value. Of course there are flaws but it nearly seems of no interest at all now.