Re: Ada and the NMD

[Richard Riehle <richard@adaworks.com>]

Dale Pennington wrote:

> "Preben Randhol" <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote in message
> news:slrn9pfbm4.ln.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no...
> <SNIP>
> >
> > But to promote Ada by saying "Hey it is used to build the NMD" is not a
> good
> > idea in my opinion. I would rather concentrate on the non-military usage.
> >
> > Preben Randhol
>
> Considering Ada's origin, that is an interesting statement.

Lots of initiatives begun for military reasons have found their most important
usage in commercial, non-military enterprises.   One example is the medium we
are using for this discussion:  the Internet.   There are, of course, many
others.

Ada, once it is understood on its own merits instead of as a military-only
programming
language, may prove just as valuable for certain software applications.   I
note you are
from Boeing.   Certainly, Boeing has found some virtue in Ada for some
products. Also,
since this discussion involves nuclear energy, it would be remiss of us to
overlook the
fact that some of the newest nuclear power plants under construction (alas, not
in the
United States) will have software developed in Ada.

Richard Riehle
richard@adaworks.com