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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,447bd1cf7a88c198 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-09 05:00:03 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-west.rr.com!news.rr.com!news-west.rr.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3A5AFCB4.8A025F9C@earthlink.net> From: "Marc A. Criley" Organization: Quadrus Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Do we need "Mission-Critical" software? Was: What to Do? References: <3A4F5A4A.9ABA2C4F@chicagonet.net> <3A4F759E.A7D63F3F@netwood.net> <3A50ABDF.3A8F6C0D@acm.org> <92qdnn$jfg$1@news.huji.ac.il> <3A50C371.8B7B871@home.com> <3A51EC04.91353CE7@uol.com.br> <3A529C97.2CA4777F@home.com> <3A53CB9E.EA7CF86C@uol.com.br> <3A5466DE.811D43A5@acm.org> <932aol$ikc$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <932mi6$r2k$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <9343b1$3g5$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <934iuf$eqv$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <937kc7$ssq$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93c0e9$4u6$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93e33l$tfu$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93ekmo$a14$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 12:58:12 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 158.252.123.230 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 979045092 158.252.123.230 (Tue, 09 Jan 2001 04:58:12 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 04:58:12 PST Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3807 Date: 2001-01-09T12:58:12+00:00 List-Id: n_brunot@my-deja.com wrote: > > In article <93e33l$tfu$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, > Robert Dewar wrote: > > But there are many languages around, hundreds of them, and > > Ada is far MORE popular than many of them (what's the last > > time you saw a new project started in Jovial). > > I read a couple a times the word 'jovial' and thought it was a joke :-) > I guess you could be ready to invent your own language, used only by > you, to make proof that there are languages less popular than Ada ... > Easy way to prove almost any absurd assertion :-) Robert! Robert! I'll take this one! JOVIAL is neither a joke language, nor one made up as an academic exercise by Prof. Dewar or anyone else. JOVIAL began to be used on US Air Force command and control systems in the 1960s, and was mandated for all such systems in 1967, and thence continued to be used throughout the 60s and 70s. Among other systems, software written in JOVIAL guided Patriot missiles during the Gulf war, and flies in some of the B2 Bomber on-board systems. My wife worked with it a number of years ago, and observed that it does have some nice features appropriate for its problem domain. Marc A. Criley Senior Staff Engineer Quadrus Corporation www.quadruscorp.com