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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC 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: 2001-07-10 06:35:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!jobone!dailyplanet.srl.ford.com!eccws12.dearborn.ford.com!not-for-mail From: John Kern Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Death by analogy Part 2 (was Re: is ada dead?) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 08:58:07 -0400 Organization: Visteon Coropration Message-ID: <3B4AFBDF.1BBE8395@NOSPAM.visteon.com> References: <3B460DA9.C2965042@ix.netcom.com> <9ff447f2.0107061757.34ca0723@posting.google.com> <3b47806a_4@news3.prserv.net> <3b48d27d_4@news3.prserv.net> <3B49C9A3.FB4EF7C1@west.raytheon.com> <3B49D87C.6B349412@PublicPropertySoftware.com> <3B4A0B87.B166655D@lmco.com> <3B4A2B3E.CD91C5DD@PublicPropertySoftware.com> Reply-To: jkern3@NOSPAM.visteon.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.17.150.121 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en]C-c32f404p (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en, en-GB, de, fr, ja, ko, zh Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9714 Date: 2001-07-10T08:58:07-04:00 List-Id: "Michael P. Card" wrote: > > Anyway, I have no idea how many companies have switched from > C/C++/Java to Ada, but I did find this article in eweek interesting: > > http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2769111,00.html > > The interesting part (to me) is the passing reference to Ada for > automotive systems: > > "Industrial advisory boards also agree, for example, recommending Ada > or Modula-2 ("having fewer insecurities and better type checking") for > writing the software underlying automotive systems. " > > That is not a problem domain I normally hear associated with Ada, > though I did know someone who left the AN/BSY-2 program to join one of > the American Big 3 auto companies doing Ada programming. > > Did GM/Ford/Chrysler switch from C to Ada for their embedded systems? > I have no idea. If anyone out there does know, please share with us! > This appears to be a reference to the MISRA Guidelines for C programming in automotive systems, a summary of which is here: http://www.misra.org.uk/graphics/miscprev.pdf One would think than an industry which suffers from huge quality and recall costs would appreciate a language which helps to minimize software defects.