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: 103376,e78cd4d2f63ceea4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-03 06:54:02 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!ajpo.sei.cmu.edu!brashear From: brashear@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Philip Brashear) Subject: Re: Evaporating Jovial Message-ID: <1995Jan3.085249.18567@sei.cmu.edu> Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu (Netnews) Organization: None References: <9412311231.AA10291@eurocontrol.de> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 08:52:49 EST Date: 1995-01-03T08:52:49-05:00 List-Id: Addressing the question of whether JOVIAL is evaporating -- JOVIAL was, for some time, required by the Air Force for all onboard mission- critical software, until the requirement was changed to Ada. The language (JOVIAL J73) was maintained by the Air Force and was standardized by MIL-STD-1589C (the latest version). 1589D was developed, but the Language Control Board decided not to issue the new standard. Maintenance of the Air Force-sponsored compiler was discontinued a couple of years ago, and I led the validation of the last version in 1993. Thus, as a standardized, validated, sponsored language, JOVIAL is dead. HOWEVER, I still receive inquiries about the availability of JOVIAL compilers, including a recent one from an Air Force maintenance organization that wanted to transition its software to a UNIX host platform. This wasn't J73, but the (much) older J3 version of JOVIAL. So far as I can tell, there's a LOT of JOVIAL code on Air Force machines (including the B2, I've been told -- no, that's not classified information or I wouldn't know about it). Therefore, there's a lot of maintenance. I've also been told by a developer of JOVIAL training courses that some overseas weapons customers are doing development in JOVIAL. Bottom line? JOVIAL isn't dead. Maybe nothing ever dies. Phil Brashear CTA INCORPORATED