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,da46977c58c329df X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-01 04:29:47 PST Message-ID: <3C5A8A09.95084CAD@baesystems.com> Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 12:28:57 +0000 From: David Gillon Organization: BAE SYSTEMS Avionics (Rochester) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada's Slide To Oblivion ... References: <3C58AE09.7070503@worldnet.att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: rc3284.rochstr.gmav.gecm.com X-Trace: 1 Feb 2002 12:28:58 GMT, rc3284.rochstr.gmav.gecm.com Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet-feed5!btnet!newreader.ukcore.bt.net!pull.gecm.com!rc3284.rochstr.gmav.gecm.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19461 Date: 2002-02-01T12:28:57+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > I suspect the numbers cited in > the article are pretty close to reality for embedded systems. Maybe its > really 4% instead of 2% of embedded development going on in Ada. Maybe the > 2% consists of really big important projects and the 98% are much smaller > software efforts. I suspect this may be the case. A more interesting set of figures (ok, more flattering to Ada) might be man years of effort, or project value. 1 Ada box going into F-22, 777 or whatever will likely take considerably more effort and earn more value than a dozen C boxes running air-conditioning systems. > Ada is just a small sliver of the embedded market and almost > nonexistant outside of DoD embedded work. DoD aren't the only defence ministry out there! OTOH it would be foolish to deny that defence work is still the backbone of Ada effort. -- David Gillon