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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4c180623018a88ff X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: David Kristola Subject: Re: Jobs at Lockheed Martin Date: 2000/10/07 Message-ID: <01HW.B60428AD00F0C88A04D3706C@news.pacbell.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 678583061 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <39D35D4B.827BE795@worldnet.att.net> <39D36ED9.82FB5D14@lmco.com> <8r37q9$o4u$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: news.pacbell.net 970906255 63.194.212.92 (Sat, 07 Oct 2000 01:10:55 PDT) Organization: heaps of stacks User-Agent: Hogwasher 2.0 (Macintosh) MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 01:10:55 PDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:15:26 -0700, Ted Dennison wrote (in message <8r37q9$o4u$1@nnrp1.deja.com>): > In article <39D36ED9.82FB5D14@lmco.com>, > William Dale wrote: >> Not sure where you are located but there is no interest in Ada at LM >> Mussels and Space, Sunnyvale. THAAD is converting all of its Missile >> Ada code to C++. I work on the only piece of new Ada being done >> here. They are also converting their FORTRAN simulation code to C++. > Hmmm. A classic sign of stupid management. The nice thing about Ada projects > is that idiot managers don't like them, so you don't work under as many of > them. :-) I know some of the key players on the THAAD team. They are not idiots. They are smart, experienced, good engineers who don't like Ada. I have no doubt that they will build successful flight software using C++. People working on the project will learn a new language, and in a few years, i would expect that many of those people will have moved on to other jobs in the valley. -- --djk, keeper of arcane lore & trivial fluff Home: David95036 plus 1 at america on-line Spam: goto.hades@welovespam.com