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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,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: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-29 10:46:43 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!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!ames!eos!maclure From: maclure@eos.arc.nasa.gov (IanMaclure) Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Message-ID: <1994Nov29.182445.6678@eos.arc.nasa.gov> Organization: NASA Ames Research Center References: <3aa7jo$7j@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3b5h8q$de0@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <3bcntp$dgj@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> <3be9as$jrh@felix.seas.gwu.edu> Distribution: usa Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 18:24:45 GMT Xref: bga.com comp.lang.ada:8065 comp.lang.c:32410 comp.programming:5468 comp.lang.c++:38745 comp.object:9107 Date: 1994-11-29T18:24:45+00:00 List-Id: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes: >In article , >Robert I. Eachus wrote: >> About six months ago I had to research part of the history of the >>first DoD developed portable high-level language. It is called COBOL. >>;-) >Jean Sammet and others who were on the original CODASYL committee swear >that COBOL was _not_ "DoD-developed", rather that DoD was one of many >players involved. Obviously DoD had an interest in COBOL, but can not >be said to have "commissioned" or funded COBOL in the sense that they >did with Ada. I'm trying to remember what Admiral Grace Hopper said about COBOL but all I can remember is that she felt a certain amount of proprietary pride in it. She did specifically mention that she had some of the ratings ( thats enlisted types ) in her organization produce a compiler at one point. COBOL may have originated with the Navy perhaps with her office? And yes COBOL cannot be said to have evolved like Ada, of course if the space program had "evolved" like Ada there'd still be flame wars over whether or not to put windows in the capsules and an actual launch would be years away. IBM -- ################ No Times Like The Maritimes, Eh! ###################### # IBM aka # Ian_Maclure@QMGATE.arc.nasa.gov (desk) # # Ian B MacLure # maclure@(remulak/eos).arc.nasa.gov (currently) # ########## Opinions expressed here are mine, mine, mine. ###############