Re: perl in an Ada-mandated world

[wdl39!mab@ford-wdl1.arpa (Mark A Biggar)]

In article <C54uLt.r2@rahul.net> dhesi@rahul.net (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>I'm curious to know if newly-written perl scripts are permitted in the
>world of mandated Ada.  I used to write software in a mixture of about
>80% C and 20% sh/csh/awk/sed.  Now it's more like 50% perl and 50% C,
>with some C++ creeping in.  I see no reason why, given slightly
>different circumstances, it couldn't be 50% perl and 50% Ada.
>But how does the Ada world cope with the many things the perl does so
>well and no other language does?

We went throught this (specifically looking at the case of scripting languages
associated with GUI builders) and found no help.  At least the ARMY 
regulations about what requires a wavier seem to outlaw all scripting languages
except in two cases: there is a blanket permission to use SQL to access
databases and if a scripting language is translated into Ada as part
of its compliation or interpretation process it is allowed.  Otherwise no go.
We also thought but could never get verified that if the interpeter were
written in Ada then you probably don't need a wavier.

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Mark Biggar
mab@wdl1.wdl.loral.com