Re: Ada vs. C++ in defense projects

["E. Robert Tisdale" <edwin@netwood.net>]

Tom Hargraves wrote:

> The US company I work for are currently bidding
> for a multi million $ U.S. Navy project and
> specifying java as the implementation language.
> This proves there is no logic in this world,
> and is the reason I am learning Java.

Are you sure?

> Such is life...
>
> I am just thankful they didn't choose C++

In the comp.lang.c++ newsgroup,
Subject: Re: C++ Interpreter,
David Forrai <d.forrai-@-ieee.org> wrote:

> There is a C++ virtual machine in development called Internet C++.
> I have no comment/experience with this system.
> You can get info at
>
>     http://members.xoom.com/icvmcpp/

The idea is to compile the Java source code to "byte code"
that can execute on any platform
which supports a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

If you can find an Ada compiler which emits byte code for a JVM,
you may be able to convince them that they should implement
safety critical applications in Ada instead of Java.
Otherwise, you should probably just forget about Ada.