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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,325c54deb91283fd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-23 09:16:18 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: mcq95@earthlink.net (Marc A. Criley) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada in Iraq Date: 23 Apr 2003 09:16:17 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <254c16a.0304230816.1a200fbe@posting.google.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.158.183.115 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1051114577 11150 127.0.0.1 (23 Apr 2003 16:16:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Apr 2003 16:16:17 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36414 Date: 2003-04-23T16:16:17+00:00 List-Id: 18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ) wrote in message news:... > I have a question for someone with extensive knowledge of military > software. What percentage of the military equipment used in the recent > war in Iraq was programmed in Ada? I don't care about exact figures, I > just want good ballpark estimates. Let's break it down as follows: I don't think anyone is going to have comprehensive knowledge of what all military systems were deployed in, and in support of, Iraqi Freedom, and what languages they or their subsystems were programmed in. So the best one can hope for is anecdotal bits and pieces. Here's some: The B2 Weapons System Trainers and Mission Trainers (i.e., flight simulators) are programmed in Ada. The shipboard Tomahawk engagement planning system started transitioning to an upgraded version that was programmed in Ada in the late 90s, so it's a safe bet a very high number of Tomahawk launches were planned with the aid of that system. Another souce of info would be reviewing the "Military Applications" section of "Who's using Ada?" (http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~mfeldman/ada-project-summary.html) and determining which of those systems were likely employed in Iraq. Marc A. Criley