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From: KMays@msn.com (Kenneth Mays)
Subject: DOD-STD-2167A issue.
Date: 1996/12/07
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Date: 1996-12-07T00:00:00+00:00
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Hi,

DOD-STD-2167A was superceded by MIL-STD-498 in 1994. The standard 
refers to the Software Maintenance and Documentation manual.

As for Ada, it is the main programming language for Space and Naval 
Warfare systems. Most waivers are not used since many companies 
consider the black box approach and let you use C/C++ for the most 
part or older Ada-83 coding. Believe me, I told a few companies about 
using Ada-95 and they simply said they didn't want to dump money into 
another compiler. Guess they don't teach certain things to MBA 
graduates.

On another note, I've read that they only use Ada is something better 
is not out there to do the job. Many companies still hire Ada 
developers (Northrop, tybrin, Lockheed-Martin) so the jobs are out 
there. 

Anyhow, update your people on the newer MIL-STD-498. There is no need 
to refer anyone the older DOD-STD-2167A, unless they just don't keep 
up with the latest issues in software engineering. That could be a 
problem.

Ken Mays
Software Design Manager
kmays@msn.com