From: Greg A Barnett <barnett@bright.net>
Subject: long term viability of Ada
Date: 1996/09/20
Date: 1996-09-20T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <324219D1.15FFEF33@bright.net> (raw)
I attended a meeting today to have the engineers on a new program
explain how/why they choose C++ over Ada95. The project will be using
CORBA and Java (language, browser, virtual machine - I'm not sure,
I don't think they are either). The arguments given were the typical
ones: C++ has better, cheaper tools; C++ compilers are cheaper; everyone
else is using it; CORBA is written in C, therefore..., C++ code is more
efficient, etc., etc., etc. I can easily refute these with the good
ammo I've seen at the AdaIC, HBAP and posted in this news group. They
have one argument I can't refute and I'm looking for help. They claim
that since the DoD is abandoning Ada (their words, not mine) and since
there is very little commercial use of Ada in the US (again their
words), Ada is a dead language that won't be around in 5-10 years. Does
anyone have a crystal ball that sees 5-10 years in the future? What are
the projections for market share, number of projects written in Ada,
dollar value of Ada contracts, etc.?
BTW, I don't expect this will change their minds, they've made their
decision and facts would just confuse the issue. Sigh! I could use
some encouragment.
--
Greg A. Barnett
Lockheed Martin Tactical Defense Systems - Akron
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1996-09-20 0:00 Greg A Barnett [this message]
1996-09-20 0:00 ` long term viability of Ada Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-20 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Shayne Flint
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-09-22 0:00 ` nasser
1996-09-23 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Frank Manning
1996-09-24 0:00 ` nasser
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Frank Manning
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Uri Raz
[not found] ` <4vd8z1ze0o.fsf@world.std.com>
1996-10-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-03 0:00 ` Frank Manning
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Stephen M O'Shaughnessy
1996-09-24 0:00 ` bourass
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Byron Kauffman
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Byron Kauffman
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-27 0:00 ` nasser
1996-09-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-10-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <01bba6ce$f10dae20$488371a5@dhoossr.iquest.com>
1996-09-22 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1996-10-04 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Ralph Paul
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1996-09-21 0:00 DeanNelson
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-24 0:00 Mark Bell
1996-09-24 0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-01 0:00 Simon Johnston
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