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: 103376,563d1b715d872ad1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-06 18:49:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!lsanca1-snf1!news.gtei.net!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BBFB4BE.C4A775B9@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: why? US Army Ada software converted to C++? References: <9pnumq02o3u@drn.newsguy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2001 01:49:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.180.3.24 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1002419395 63.180.3.24 (Sat, 06 Oct 2001 18:49:55 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 18:49:55 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 18:46:22 PDT (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13844 Date: 2001-10-07T01:49:55+00:00 List-Id: Since this is in Huntsville, AL, it may be NMD related. At least one existing major Ada software system for NMD, developed by one of the subcontractors, is being rewritten in "C++" by the prime contractor/integrator, Boeing. All the evidence I saw indicates that this is solely to give Boeing more control and more of the profits for this project. The last I heard, there was no C++ on the project, just C with "//" comments. -- Jeff Carter "Perfidious English mouse-dropping hoarders." Monty Python & the Holy Grail