Re: Free Hawaii trip if you buy my Ada products

[sampson@cod.nosc.mil (Charles H. Sampson)]

In article <CC0Bo8.MLE@inmet.camb.inmet.com> ryer@dsd.camb.inmet.com (Mike Ryer
) writes:
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>Ada may and may not be the best solution to an individual program manager's
>immediate needs.  After all, he's not going to maintain it.  He's going to
>be judged on development costs, and may be best off to use FORTH, or Jovial,
>or PL/1, or COBOL if that's what his people know.  My contention is that
>it would be better for everyone if they (nearly) all used Ada instead of
>making an optimized point-decision for each individual project.
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     That's what the mandate is trying to do.  It's telling the military
types who are in a 3-year tour of duty at the beginning of a 30-year project,
"You can use another language if you can demonstrate a cost savings over all
30 years.  Otherwise, we don't want to hear about the amount that can be
saved during your watch."  If only they would can an Admiral or General or
two for ignoring the mandate.  (I have a nominee.)

				Charlie