From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,54c513170bafd693 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "David Kristola" Subject: Re: where can we get a job with ada Date: 2000/03/05 Message-ID: <01HW.B4E76F12001F58A008D8E460@news.pacbell.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 593362011 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <01HW.B4BFC2820005B06B08A24140@news.pacbell.net> <20000204073443.24976.00001288@ng-ci1.aol.com> <87euk0$c93$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <01HW.B4C1346100072D2408A24140@news.pacbell.net> <949867976.281549@the-rowan.albatross.co.nz> <8766v93w66.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: news.pacbell.net 952250123 63.194.212.92 (Sun, 05 Mar 2000 01:55:23 PST) Organization: heaps of stacks MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: David95037@see-my.sig NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 01:55:23 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-03-05T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:32:33 -0800, Florian Weimer wrote (in message <8766v93w66.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org>): > > simon.brady@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Simon Brady) writes: > >> In article <01HW.B4C1346100072D2408A24140@news.pacbell.net>, >> David95037@see-my.sig wrote: >>> Money isn't everything, and i can't get excited about working on a new >>> database after playing with stealth attack airplanes, battlefield command >>> and control systems, nuclear attack submarines, missiles, and satellites. >>> Even if they don't pay as well, Ada jobs are far more exciting! >> >> *envious sigh* And they all require US citizenship... > > And a special attitude towards weapons of mass destructions and stuff like > that. Sometimes I wonder whether a pacifist is allowed to code in Ada at > all. ;) I won't stop you. :-) If you could find a way to eliminate the need for the defense industry, i'm sure i could still find interesting work. There are many safety critical systems being built, and other challenging things. Ada is ideal for medical devices to air traffic control to commercial air and space applications. --djk Sig shortened to remove reference to true email address, sorry.