From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: Legislative Mandate for Ada
Date: 15 Dec 90 17:02:22 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2455@sparko.gwu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 9700@as0c.sei.cmu.edu
In article <9700@as0c.sei.cmu.edu> bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) writes:
>
>"shall be written" - does this mean new software or does it mean we have
>to convert the hundreds of millions of lines of Cobol to Ada? We may be
Well, I've been reading Ada stuff for about 10 years, and never saw even
a hint that old systems were to be converted to Ada just for the hell of it.
>
>If the percentage doesn't approach 100 fast enough then they will mandate
>mindless translations.
Oh, Lord - I hope not! Seriously, I don't have a lot of inside information,
but I really don't think this is what it's about. Do you have any serious
info suggesting this mindlessness? (I realize that we're all cynics in this
business, but fact and cynicism shouldn't be confused. Got facts?)
>
Mike Feldman
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1990-12-13 19:10 Legislative Mandate for Ada Michael Feldman
1990-12-13 22:12 ` Charles H. Sampson
1990-12-14 4:47 ` Michael Feldman
1990-12-14 2:59 ` g_harrison
1990-12-14 16:56 ` Bruce Benson
1990-12-14 17:00 ` Bruce Benson
1990-12-15 17:02 ` Michael Feldman [this message]
1990-12-17 18:26 ` Bruce Benson
1990-12-17 20:39 ` David Emery
1990-12-18 11:15 ` g_harrison
1990-12-18 14:10 ` RICK CARLE
1990-12-18 15:21 ` Bruce Benson
1990-12-18 22:46 ` compilers for Ada; " Paul Stachour
1990-12-20 1:59 ` Dick Dunn
1990-12-20 19:11 ` Ada survival without daddy Lord Byron (was leg. mandate) g_harrison
1990-12-21 19:15 ` Ada in Industry: Merit not Mandate Richard Pattis
1990-12-26 17:45 ` James THIELE
1990-12-17 20:57 ` Legislative Mandate for Ada Michael Feldman
1990-12-17 20:42 ` Charles H. Sampson
1990-12-17 22:13 ` Legislative Mandate for Ada; mindless translations Michael Feldman
1990-12-18 10:59 ` Legislative Mandate for Ada g_harrison
1990-12-18 17:41 ` Legislative Mandate for Ada; mindless translations Matthias Ulrich Neeracher
1990-12-14 20:59 ` Legislative Mandate for Ada Matthias Ulrich Neeracher
1990-12-15 17:50 ` Pat Rogers
1990-12-18 17:37 ` Matthias Ulrich Neeracher
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1990-12-15 17:22 Michael Feldman
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