From: Jean-Pierre Rosen <rosen@EMAIL.ENST.FR>
Subject: Re: Ada for Boeing 777
Date: 1996/02/21
Date: 1996-02-21T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199602211506.QAA18425@email.enst.fr> (raw)
At 16:33 19/02/1996 GMT, you wrote:
>[...]
> "What we have learned so far about the use of Ada on the 777 is a mixed
> message. ... We found no correlation between the languages used and
> the number of problems found on the system. We found instances where
> Ada was used effectively, and the developers felt it substantially
> reduced software integration problems. In other cases, development
> was hampered by problems with compilers and other support tools....
If you read carefully this message, it actually matches a lot of experience
from other people: benefits are attributed to the *language*, while
drawbacks are attributed to *tools*. Often, as here, the distinction is not
made, but it is important: it is MUCH easier to fix a compiler bug than a
language flaw !!!
+------------------------------------o-------------------------------------+
| P-mail: | E-mail: rosen@enst.fr |
| ADALOG - 27 avenue de Verdun | Tel: +33 1 46 45 51 12 |
| 92170 Vanves - FRANCE | Fax: +33 1 46 45 52 49 |
+------------------------------------o-------------------------------------+
next reply other threads:[~1996-02-21 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-02-21 0:00 Jean-Pierre Rosen [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-02-19 0:00 Ada for Boeing 777 Frank Petranka
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Steve Howard
1996-02-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-02-23 0:00 ` Howie (Torsten Kleine Buening)
1996-02-23 0:00 ` Vance Christiaanse
1996-02-25 0:00 ` Ken & Virginia Garlington
replies disabled
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox