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,da46977c58c329df X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-31 18:21:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!easynews!news.atl.earthlink.net!news.mindspring.net!not-for-mail From: Richard Riehle Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada's Slide To Oblivion ... Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:26:27 -0800 Organization: AdaWorks Software Engineering Message-ID: <3C59FCD3.928144FB@adaworks.com> References: <4519e058.0201310714.650888e1@posting.google.com> <3C598CAA.7040801@home.com> Reply-To: richard@adaworks.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 9e.fc.cc.8c Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 1 Feb 2002 02:20:26 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19453 Date: 2002-02-01T02:20:26+00:00 List-Id: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" wrote: > I understand it, the language is still considered on a project by > project basis. I cannot see them acceptiong anything but Ada for > weapons or flight systems. Or has this really changed? Unfortunately, it has changed for many DoD contractors. I have been told that, even though Ada might be a better language, the programmers don't want to hire on if they have to do Ada. They would rather do C++ because it is better for their career. So, just as the DoD capitulated when the whiners complained about not wanting to "eat their broccoli," the contractors have capitulated because programmers demand to use what they perceive as a more mainstream language. Superiority of the language is a minor point, hardly considered at all anymore. Imagine a surgeon who discovers how much money can be saved by purchasing Xacto blades instead of using blades manufactured to more stringent standards. That is exactly the situation we are currently facing when contractors decide to use C or C++ instead of Ada. On the surface one gets the same result. It is only that superficial result that counts for the lowest bidder. Richard Riehle