From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-29 16:13:36 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!uunet.ca!uunet.ca!cognos!vernestd From: vernestd@cognos.COM (Dave Vernest) Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Message-ID: <1994Nov29.154220.27952@cognos.com> Followup-To: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object Sender: news@cognos.com (News Administrator) Organization: Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa CANADA X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3aa7jo$7j@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3b5ajt$n86@news-2.csn.net> <3b5h8q$de0@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <3bd06n$kbt@felix.seas.gwu.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 15:42:20 GMT Xref: bga.com comp.lang.ada:8068 comp.lang.c:32447 comp.programming:5474 comp.lang.c++:38796 comp.object:9119 Date: 1994-11-29T15:42:20+00:00 List-Id: Michael Feldman (mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu) wrote: : In article , : Tarjei Jensen wrote: : >Since technical merits migth not win the day we should face the realities and : >use the other successful spinoffs to give Ada a better image. : Bingo! And let's keep spreading the stories about where Ada has really : succeeded. Make sure everyone knows about the software behind all : those CRT's in the airliner cockpit. And in the air-traffic-control system : on the ground. And (in France, anyway) in the train system that gets : you from the airport to the Riviera at 300 km/h. And the Swiss PTT's : electronic-funds-exchange system. And, and... Not sure if I'm violating the c.p charter or not... With the use of C++, which supports generics and exception- handling, is there any reason to code mission-critical systems in Ada anymore?? Advantages / disadvantages?? Dave /* DISCLAIMER: MyViews != ThoseViewsOf(*UW,&COGNOS) */ This article dedicated to Canada's greatest folk artist, Stan Rogers, R.I.P.'83 VP, Early-Starters-Yet-All-Nighters-Yet-Creamed-By-CS-Assignments Society "Data integrity is like virtue -- it is lost only once." -- Mark Terribile from "Practical C++"