Re: Anyone else actually like Ada?

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In article <1993Jul24.040229.28663@seas.gwu.edu> mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael
 Feldman) writes:
>In article <1993Jul23.122525.26017@hellgate.utah.edu> matwood%peruvian.cs.utah
.edu@cs.utah.edu (Mark Atwood) writes:
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>For all the complaining about who's _not_ doing Ada, it is telling that
>Ada is often being used where software _really_ has to work. A few examples:
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>- avionics software for ALL (I'm pretty sure) new-generation civil airliners,
>  including the Russians';
>
>- civil air traffic control systems in ALL countries that are currently 
>  revamping their systems;
>
>- the new French high-speed rail lines and the Channel Tunnel.
>
>None of these projects were subject to a mandate, at least not a US
>DoD mandate.  I think they simply discovered what you and I did, and
>acted accordingly. And this is just Ada83 stuff. Wait 'til 9X...
>

But those are the sorts of applications Ada was specifically designed for.
People -->should<-- be using Ada there. But they should not be using Ada
for applications where a fully object-oriented design approach is
appropriate (test software, simulations, operating systems, more
generally, message passing systems).

Cheers,
-- 
Harry Erwin
Internet: erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com
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