From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?B?U3TDqXBoYW5lIFJpdmnDqHJl?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Simon J. Wright Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2025 14:55:59 +0200 Organization: La Maison Message-ID: <101hipp$2jqr4$1@dont-email.me> References: <101eeuf$118ll$1@dont-email.me> <7efc36a4-8ec7-4b58-d329-60cffedd9b62@irrt.De> Reply-To: stef@genesix.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2025 14:58:45 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="523de86dc1b6126df47da73a64df2d64"; logging-data="2747236"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19tQ4rl0E6vah733JBP8tF8CD/1rwgU1x0=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:XBOstSICmbeiSaE+ITtqjnSzHBs= Content-Language: fr In-Reply-To: <7efc36a4-8ec7-4b58-d329-60cffedd9b62@irrt.De> Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:66554 List-Id: Niocláisín, thanks for your comments Some related links (no paywall) https://www.blackcatholicmessenger.org/charlene-roberts-hayden-obit/ https://hart-site.net/Purdue-CS-Panel-Reunion/WhateverHappenedTo/HalHart.html > She wrote to Hal Hart via Team Ada in 1997: > "Hal, > > I strongly agree with your comments. I know here in the Boston area, > on various committees I participate on, I have heard nothing but > distress and regret from the proponents of Ada who know the worth of > the only highly reliable HOL in existence today, and sarcasm from Ada's > opponents, "even the DoD has given up on Ada". I think that without the > Ada mandate, given the popular, existing languages unreliability and the > software explosion far surpassing that of the 1980's, the DoD is headed > for an even more catastrophic software revolution than that which > preceded and was the impetus for the Ada language." This was very true and has been verified. -- Stéphane Rivière Ile d'Oléron - France