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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c6e9700a33963193 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Tucker Taft Subject: Re: The future of Ada Date: 1999/03/11 Message-ID: <36E85028.A06C7B47@averstar.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 453983017 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: news@inmet.camb.inmet.com (USENET news) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: houdini.burl.averstar.com References: <36E690FA.4B9C@sandia.gov> <36E84D23.E52A2BE7@averstar.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: AverStar (formerly Intermetrics) Burlington, MA USA Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-03-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Tucker Taft wrote: > ... > Ada is a tool, not a religion. > It is a much better tool than most other languages for creating > reliable systems. Good programmers can be trained in the use > of this tool, just like any other. And in fact, Ada comes with > a ready made training tool -- the compiler. I might add that I was speaking with a large defense contractor recently about their use of Ada, and we determined that almost everyone in the room had learned Ada "on the job." And this included the Ada "experts" in the company. Ada might be the ideal programming language for learning on the job. The bottom line is to hire good people, and give them the best possible tools. Don't let your "new hires" determine what tools you use. Choose the tools that produce the highest quality results on schedule and within budget. You will profit both in the short term and in the long term. > > Gordon Dodrill > > Sandia National Laboratories - Albuquerque, New Mexico > > -- > -Tucker Taft stt@averstar.com http://www.averstar.com/~stt/ > Technical Director, Distributed IT Solutions (www.averstar.com/tools) > AverStar (formerly Intermetrics, Inc.) Burlington, MA USA -- -Tucker Taft stt@averstar.com http://www.averstar.com/~stt/ Technical Director, Distributed IT Solutions (www.averstar.com/tools) AverStar (formerly Intermetrics, Inc.) Burlington, MA USA