Re: Why soldiers are afraid of Ada

[aio!usenet@ames.arc.nasa.gov (John Cobarruvias)]

In article <SRCTRAN.93Jul7093257@world.std.com> srctran@world.std.com
(Gregory Aharonian) writes:
>
>   The July 7, 1993 issue of the Boston Globe had an article about
worries
>and anger inside the military under President Clinton.  One statement has
a
>major bearing on Ada.
>
>		"A 1990 survey by the Army Research Institute
>		found that 25 percent to 33 percent of service
>		personnel feared they would not be able to find
>		work in the civilian sector if necessaary, and
>		expressed concerns about their long term
>		prospects inside the army.
>		By 1992, the anxiety rate had almost doubled,
>		with 62 percent of enlisted soldiers and 43 percent
>		of officers questioned saying they were very
>		worried about their long-term prospects for
>		their military careers."  [page 14]
>
>And what worried these people?  Currently there are 50 to 100 times more
>private sector C/C++ jobs than there are Ada jobs, as any sampling of
>help wanted ads in metropolitan newspapers will reveal.  Thus there is
not
>much of a market for Ada skills, especially when companies are inundated
>with resumes from many highly qualified applicants with the exact
language
>skills they request in the ads, reducing chances of soldiers arguing
"Haven't
>used C/C++, but Ada is better and I am a quick learner".

Another example of logic on an acid trip. I can just see all the Desert
Storm Grunts trained in the use of an M16, Chemical warfare protection
use, offesive manuvers adapted to the desert, combat leadership skills,
XM1 tank use and maintenance, really concerned about how they will fit
into the software market place once they get out. Yep. Greg, you are once
again ate some bad mushrooms.

The article above has nothing to do with Ada, C, C++, V--, or any other
language you approve, disapprove, or which has screwed you out of any
future business. Sour Grapes have struck again. Try Krogers. 

And maybe you wonder why your efforts are being discounted?

>
>	Given these worries of soldiers, and marketplace job realities,
>it is quite easy to see why the Ada Mandate is being ignored so much
inside
>the DoD.  Soldiers are optimizing their long term prospects at little
cost
>to their short term careers, comforted by the contradictory statements
>coming out of the Pentagon brass about Ada.
>
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> Greg Aharonian
> Source Translation & Optimization
> P.O. Box 404, Belmont, MA 02178
>




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