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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c9264a5c1761f446 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Marin David Condic Subject: Re: Mission Critical Definition and Compliance Date: 1998/02/01 Message-ID: <34D49DFA.5CAA@flinet.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 321099991 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <34D0F22A.41C67EA6@swl.msd.ray.com> To: "John J. Cupak Jr." Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Florida Internet Corporation Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: condicdiespammer@flinet.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: John J. Cupak Jr. wrote: > > I have been asked to locate the *official* definition of "Mission > Critical" software, together with the process for defining which > language comply with it. > > I "know" that Ada is a Mission Critical (approved) language, but Java > and C++ are not. Why? Who decides? Where is this published? > > Inquiring minds want to really know! > > Any pointers to the place(s) where this information resides would be > greatly appreciated. Thanks! > This is not going to be very helpful, but it is the truth: One of the things you will discover on this quest is that the answer to the question "What is mission-critical" is going to depend on who you ask. Lieutenant Colonel John A. (Drew) Hamilton, Jr., US Army, delivered a talk at the last TriAda conference that dealt in part with this question. I think this is available from the AdaIC somewhere - try this: http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us/AdaIC/ Look in the past issues of their newsletters. Since the DoD dropped the Ada mandate, we have been left with much confusion and uncertainty about what is going to be O.K. and what is not. Even the people involved don't really know where its going to go. Good luck with the quest. MDC -- Marin David Condic "Languages don't kill people. Programmers do!"