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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3ccb707f4c91a5f2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen) Subject: Re: Java vs Ada 95 (Was Re: Once again, Ada absent from DoD SBIR solicitation) Date: 1996/10/13 Message-ID: <1996Oct13.190759.1@eisner>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 189233828 x-nntp-posting-host: eisner.decus.org references: <325BC3B3.41C6@hso.link.com> <325D7F9B.2A8B@gte.net> <325FFB39.15A4@io.com> x-nntp-posting-user: KILGALLEN x-trace: 845248086/23027 organization: LJK Software newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-10-13T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <325FFB39.15A4@io.com>, davedave@io.com writes: > Robert Dewar wrote: >> >> "Garbage collection, by itself, is significant enough for one to >> seriously consider choosing Java over Ada for projects which do not >> require low-level timing control. >> " >> >> Nope, that does not make any sense. Any project for which Java is currently >> suitable could equally well be done in Ada using the Intermetrics compiler >> to JBC, which has identical garbage collection capability. > > An excellent idea Robert -- except for one big problem: Engineers who are > trying to build reliable, commercial products don't generally like to use > proucts which are still in beta. If someone is convinced that the Intermetrics compiler will eventually be released, it is conceivable they could start development now. Reliability requirements for inhouse development are generally lower than for fielding an application. Larry Kilgallen