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On 2011-05-20 10:13:38 -0500, Britt Snodgrass said:

> Seen on DailyTech today:
> 
> http://www.dailytech.com/F22+Upgrades+Over+Budget+and+Behind+Schedule+F35+May+Cost+1T+in+Operating+Costs/article21692.htm

"The 
> 
> cause of the delay in delivery stems from the programming
> language used called Ada. The Ada language was once a DoD standard,
> but the use of the language has waned in the last 15 years. Analyst
> Loren Thompson from the Lexington Institute said, "It tends to impede
> quick upgrades to the system to which it is the base software."
> 
> It’s really sad and disturbing to read such an incorrect and
> uninformed statement. How could Ada "impede quick upgrades" unless
> they really mean that the coders they've been hiring recently are
> intimidated by compiler warnings.
> 
> - Britt


And by "once again" are you refering to the Secretary of the Air Force 
being told that Ada delayed SBIRS High by LM management?

Or is there some other horror story.