From: mneerach@iiic.ethz.ch (Matthias Ulrich Neeracher)
Subject: Re: Legislative Mandate for Ada
Date: 14 Dec 90 20:59:43 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <18173@neptune.inf.ethz.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 2449@sparko.gwu.edu
In article <2449@sparko.gwu.edu>, mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael
Feldman) writes:
> "Sec. 8092. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after June 1, 1991,
> where cost-effective, all Department of Defense software shall be written
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> in the programming language Ada, in the absence of a special exemption
> by an official designated by the Secretary of Defense."
To me, this looks like a rather radical attempt to prohibit further use
of Ada :-). But then again, has there *ever* been something cost-effective
produced for the Department of Defense ?
Matthias
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Matthias Neeracher mneerach@iiic.ethz.ch
"These days, though, you have to be pretty technical before you can
even aspire to crudeness." -- William Gibson, _Johnny Mnemonic_
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1990-12-13 19:10 Legislative Mandate for Ada Michael Feldman
1990-12-13 22:12 ` Charles H. Sampson
1990-12-14 4:47 ` Michael Feldman
1990-12-14 2:59 ` g_harrison
1990-12-14 16:56 ` Bruce Benson
1990-12-14 17:00 ` Bruce Benson
1990-12-15 17:02 ` Michael Feldman
1990-12-17 18:26 ` Bruce Benson
1990-12-17 20:39 ` David Emery
1990-12-18 11:15 ` g_harrison
1990-12-18 14:10 ` RICK CARLE
1990-12-18 15:21 ` Bruce Benson
1990-12-18 22:46 ` compilers for Ada; " Paul Stachour
1990-12-20 1:59 ` Dick Dunn
1990-12-20 19:11 ` Ada survival without daddy Lord Byron (was leg. mandate) g_harrison
1990-12-21 19:15 ` Ada in Industry: Merit not Mandate Richard Pattis
1990-12-26 17:45 ` James THIELE
1990-12-17 20:57 ` Legislative Mandate for Ada Michael Feldman
1990-12-17 20:42 ` Charles H. Sampson
1990-12-17 22:13 ` Legislative Mandate for Ada; mindless translations Michael Feldman
1990-12-18 10:59 ` Legislative Mandate for Ada g_harrison
1990-12-18 17:41 ` Legislative Mandate for Ada; mindless translations Matthias Ulrich Neeracher
1990-12-14 20:59 ` Matthias Ulrich Neeracher [this message]
1990-12-15 17:50 ` Legislative Mandate for Ada Pat Rogers
1990-12-18 17:37 ` Matthias Ulrich Neeracher
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1990-12-15 17:22 Michael Feldman
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