From: smccoy@dw3g.ess.harris.com (Scott McCoy)
Subject: Re: Why IBM is a detriment to non-Mandate Ada growth
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 13:22:42 GMT
Date: 1993-03-04T13:22:42+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1993Mar4.132242.20212@mlb.semi.harris.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 311@fedfil.UUCP
In article <311@fedfil.UUCP>, news@fedfil.UUCP (news) writes:
|>
|> If you're working on military contracts, as I suspect you are, then
|> you're
|> putting the lives of US servicemen in jeopardy in pursuit of the
|> almighty
|> dollar.
Is this because all mil contractors are evil, or because deployed
Ada systems have been shown to fail at a higher rate than systems
written in other languages? Where's the evidence?
|> Patriotic people will refrain from doing that no matter how great
|> the temptation or the delusions under which whoever is promulgating Ada
|> are laboring under.
*laughter*
|> I have personally turned down numerous job offers which
|> involved Ada for just that reason. Most would have meant large salary
|> increases.
|>
|> You wanted to know what you're doing wrong... now you know.
|>
Thanx, Ted, for setting us straight.
I really needed the humor this morning.
If you want to continue this, Ted, let's take it to e-mail.
--
Scott McCoy Harris ISD Opinions expressed are my own.
Staff Eng - SW Internet: smccoy@dw3g.ess.harris.com
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1993-02-23 0:23 Why IBM is a detriment to non-Mandate Ada growth Gregory Aharonian
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