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=1.5 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_05, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4c180623018a88ff X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: William Dale Subject: Re: Jobs at Lockheed Martin Date: 2000/10/09 Message-ID: <39E23930.42193300@lmco.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 679492143 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <39D35D4B.827BE795@worldnet.att.net> <39D36ED9.82FB5D14@lmco.com> <8r37q9$o4u$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <01HW.B60428AD00F0C88A04D3706C@news.pacbell.net> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: LMSSO Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-10-09T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: David Kristola wrote: > SNIP > I know some of the key players on the THAAD team. They are not idiots. > They are smart, experienced, good engineers who don't like Ada. > > I have no doubt that they will build successful flight software using > C++. People working on the project will learn a new language, and in > a few years, i would expect that many of those people will have moved > on to other jobs in the valley. > Yes, I agree. They are just the types who are needed in an organization where the software process is ad hoc, chaotic, and success depends on individual effort and heroics. I.E. its a usual LMSSO project. I tried to write a SDP for them with Coding Standards. They would not have any such thing. Pier Reviews? Don't need them. I'm working on Ada95 elsewhere at LMSSO now. > -- > --djk, keeper of arcane lore & trivial fluff > Home: David95036 plus 1 at america on-line > Spam: goto.hades@welovespam.com Bill Dale Just my opinion - not that of LMSSO ... sorry to say.