From: Marin David Condic <condicma@bogon.pwfl.com>
Subject: Re: US-MN-Mpls >>> Ada Software Engineers <<<
Date: 1999/02/11
Date: 1999-02-11T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <36C2F746.7A5A7FB@pwfl.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 36C24646.804BC44E@stny.lrun.com
Dino Gianisis wrote:
>
> From the previous two posts it seems that Ada is used in commercial
> aviation industry primarily. Why ? What features does it contain that
> give it the edge over lets say C++ ?. Also based on supply/demand I would
> think that engineers with Ada experience could name their price these days ?.
> I apologize for the simple question to all the Ada S/W experts out there
> but my studies have emphasized H/W design (so far).
>
Well, Ada is used in more than commercial aviation - its just that it
got a good deal of its start with avionic systems for the military, so
it was natural to branch off into the commercial side of things.
Ada is particularly well suited to avionic systems because in many of
them you absolutely, positively cannot tolerate a failure. Ada's
extensive compile-time and run-time checks are part of the plan to make
sure you catch errors well before they have a chance to cause trouble.
The language design itself was carefully specified to reduce the
probability of errors that might result from ambiguous syntax or unsafe
features.
There is, of course, no reason why Ada can't be used in most any other
area where you would want a general purpose, full featured programming
language. The added safety may not be critical, but it is a plus. (Who
wants to have their GUI app crash because they ran an array index beyond
the bounds & didn't catch the problem until the software is released?)
Ada also provides features which help in the development & lifespan of
large, long lived systems. You don't generally think of Ada in the
context of quick & dirty throw-away apps.
As for naming my price? Hey, I'd love to see a salary survey of
Ada/Embedded programmers so I could find out how badly underpaid I am
:-) The company keeps telling me that I'm getting an industry average
wage for aerospace engineers in West Palm Beach. (And exactly how is it
that we get "World Class" employees on an "Industry Average" wage? :-)
MDC
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Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-02-10 0:00 US-MN-Mpls >>> Ada Software Engineers <<< SDC
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Bob
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Dino Gianisis
1999-02-10 0:00 ` kevin
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey
1999-02-11 0:00 ` kevin
1999-02-12 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-12 0:00 ` kevin
1999-02-12 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1999-02-12 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-02-14 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-12 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-13 0:00 ` whiter5195
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Marin David Condic [this message]
1999-02-11 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Andrzej Lewandowski
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Dalen Kruse
1999-02-10 0:00 ` David Emery
1999-02-10 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Paul Whittington
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Steve O'Neill
1999-02-10 0:00 ` bkwposx
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1999-02-11 0:00 ` fraser
[not found] ` <79v9f4$fe$1@remarq.com>
1999-02-11 0:00 ` fraser
1999-02-12 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-15 0:00 ` Alan Hohn
1999-02-15 0:00 ` kevin
1999-02-16 0:00 ` Scott Ingram
1999-02-16 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-02-16 0:00 ` Ada jobs & Programming: Art or Science? [was: MN] Alan Hohn
1999-02-16 0:00 ` kevin
1999-02-16 0:00 ` Alan Hohn
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Ada jobs & " Jerry van Dijk
1999-02-17 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-17 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-18 0:00 ` Michael Stark
1999-02-18 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-16 0:00 ` US-MN-Mpls >>> Ada Software Engineers <<< dennison
1999-02-16 0:00 ` What Ada's used for (was: US-MN-Mpls >>> Ada Software Engineers <<<) dennison
1999-02-15 0:00 ` US-MN-Mpls >>> Ada Software Engineers <<< fraser
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Dr Steve Sangwine
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-12 0:00 ` Gautier
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