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_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7bcba1db9ed24fa7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-09 08:13:50 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B49C9A3.FB4EF7C1@west.raytheon.com> From: Jerry Petrey <"jdpetrey"@west.raytheon.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en]C-CCK-MCD CSC;Raytheon (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: is ada dead? References: <3B460DA9.C2965042@ix.netcom.com> <9ff447f2.0107061757.34ca0723@posting.google.com> <3b47806a_4@news3.prserv.net> <3b48d27d_4@news3.prserv.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 08:11:31 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.24.83.38 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 994691629 147.24.83.38 (Mon, 09 Jul 2001 10:13:49 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 10:13:49 CDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9676 Date: 2001-07-09T08:11:31-07:00 List-Id: Andrzej Lewandowski wrote: > > > "Michal Nowak" wrote: > > > > Can be true, can be false. Program lifecycle is not only coding. There is also > > maintnace, new versions developent. These phases are less money-consuming in > > Ada than in other mentioned languages. One important thing - you buy compiler > > one time and use it for long period. It is used for writting many programs. > > So I think, that good compiler is worthy investing. > > > > I am sufficiektly familiar with the industry and business to respond > just with single word: NONSENSE. > > A.L. This is certainly not nonsense. But don't feel bad. Many people in the industry are unable to understand the true cost of developing software and only look at the up-front coding costs, tool costs, etc. That is one of the main reasons most software is over budget and of poor quality or not even ever delivered. Jerry -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Jerry Petrey -- Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Navigation, Guidance, & Control -- Raytheon Missile Systems - Member Team Ada & Team Forth -- NOTE: please remove in email address to reply -----------------------------------------------------------------------------