From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 18 Jun 93 19:38:28 GMT From: mdisea!mothost!schbbs!tigger!tannen@uunet.uu.net (David Tannen x8273) Subject: Re: Program for Washington Ada Symposium Message-ID: <1993Jun18.193828.25905@schbbs.mot.com> List-Id: In article 4720@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com, shanks@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Mark Shanks) writes: >In article <1993Jun18.150435.3979@seas.gwu.edu> mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes: >> WAdaS '93 ADVANCE PROGRAM >> >> Tenth Annual Washington Ada Symposium - WAdaS '93 >> "Ada's Role in Software Engineering" >> >> McLean Hilton, McLean, VA >> June 28 - July 1, 1993 > >>Thursday, July 1, 1993 >>---------------------- >> >> Debate Session: "Where is the Ada Community Heading?" >> 8:30 - 12:00 Moderated by Mark Gerhardt, ESL >> >> The final day of WAdaS '93 will be a three-way debate among the >> following positions: >> >> >> Position One, Ralph Crafts, Ada Software Alliance >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> Ada will be the underlying foundation for software engineering and >> software development through the '90s. >> >> Ada will be the model for how software engineers think even if they >> are building software using other languages. It will have a profound >> influence on the near future of software development. >> >> "Ada will be a gold medal winner" >> >> "Ada will be a first class pro sports team" >> >> >> Position Two, Dr. Charles McKay, University of Houston, Clear Lake >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Ada will be just one of many technologies used in software engineering >> and software development through the '90s. >> >> Ada will be one of the languages people will use, but will not >> dominate. Software engineering technologies will evolve in a >> multi-lingual world. >> >> "Ada will be a qualifier along with others" >> "Ada will be a one of many draft choices in the league" >> >> >> Position Three, Greg Aharonian, Source Translation & Optimization >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Ada will be an insignificant player in shaping software engineering >> technology for the '90s. >> >> Ada will have no significant market or influence in the overall scheme >> of software engineering. It will be a niche language at best. >> >> "Ada will be out of the race" >> "Ada will remain a farm team" > >Damn! I am sorry that I'll miss this. Sounds like the best part of the >conference. Should make "The McLaughlin Group" look like "Barney". >------------------------------------------------------------------- >| Mark Shanks | >| Principal Engineer | All opinions mine, >| 777 Displays | of course. >| shanks@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com | >| "We have such sights to show you..." | >------------------------------------------------------------------- No kidding. Actually Greg, I would pay money (~$19.95) for a video tape of that debate (sound quality has to be good enough to hear each nuance of the participants arguements :)). David Tannen tannen@tigger.geg.mot.com