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=2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public From: "Gary L. Scott" Subject: Re: Programming language vote - results Date: 1997/10/13 Message-ID: <3442C4E3.1D4A98F1@flash.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 280220879 References: <343fbb5a.0@news.iprolink.ch> <343FD05C.8986A557@flash.net> <3441B496.41C6@lmco.com> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Organization: Home Reply-To: scottg@flash.net Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.fortran Date: 1997-10-13T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Jack Rudd wrote: > Gary L. Scott wrote: > > > > Oh the horror stories about Ada just about anyone in the defense > > industry could tell you...(inefficiency, bloat, development delays, > > budget overruns)...I dare you to fit a Jovial application that > already > > max's out a computer's capabilities in the same box using OO > techniques > > in Ada...In fact, multiply memory and CPU throughput by 10 and try > it. > > You will likely be forced to back off OO quite a bit, making an even > > > bigger mess of maintainability/reusability... > > > > Vincent Lambercy wrote: > > > > > After two weeks, Ada and Smalltalk seems to be the best languages. > > ... > Problems along the above lines helped get a very large defense > project cancelled that was near and dear to me. I may never > forgive the folks who pushed OO in Ada on that project. > > Incidentally, the Air Force has now backed off from its previous > position of requiring Ada on all new software projects. I am aware of 3 projects that fairly recently were required to use Ada by the Air Force. I don't think that they speak with one voice on this subject. > > > Jack Rudd > Lockheed Martin Federal Systems > Boulder, CO > -- Gary L. Scott Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems scottg@flash.net