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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,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,c6e9700a33963193 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Marin David Condic Subject: Re: The future of Ada Date: 1999/03/15 Message-ID: <36ED5CFC.D22BE0FF@pwfl.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 455323239 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: condicma@bogon.pwfl.com References: <36E690FA.4B9C@sandia.gov> <36E96E42.26AD@sandia.gov> <7ccn6j$607$1@plug.news.pipex.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Pratt & Whitney Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: diespammer@pwfl.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-03-15T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Nick Roberts wrote: > This should turn out to be an excellent development. I think I can see what > will happen, and I don't think it will turn out to be any exaggeration. The > big C++ project will suffer almost indefinite slippage, a sea of > unmanageable bugs, and a staff turnover of gathering speed. The smaller Ada > project, on the other hand, will come in on time, on budget, and within > spec. > > One must be careful here. Language selection alone doesn't determine success or failure of a project. There are lots of systems coded in C++ that are working just fine. There are also systems developed with Ada that fail miserably. While I believe that Ada reduces the probability of over-budget/shot-schedule conditions on a project, it still needs to be used intelligently in conjunction with other technical/managerial assets in order to see the benefit. OTOH, if a project realizes that C++ has potential risks and they plan well for it, they might produce a successful product as well. I'm convinced that Ada would achieve the result at a lower cost, but you've got to throw in a lot of "ifs" along the way. MDC -- Marin David Condic Real Time & Embedded Systems, Propulsion Systems Analysis United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney, Large Military Engines M/S 731-95, P.O.B. 109600, West Palm Beach, FL, 33410-9600 ***To reply, remove "bogon" from the domain name.***