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: 103376,641660bd28dd798d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-06 20:57:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!washdc3-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed0.news.atl.earthlink.net!news.atl.earthlink.net!news.mindspring.net!not-for-mail From: Richard Riehle Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Embedded Ada Development Tools Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 20:59:45 -0700 Organization: AdaWorks Software Engineering Message-ID: <3D002FB1.40E989B0@adaworks.com> References: <3CFBC246.7020201@worldnet.att.net> <3CFE29BB.A7D22E77@NOSPAM.visteon.com> Reply-To: richard@adaworks.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 3f.bb.6c.65 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 7 Jun 2002 03:56:52 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25432 Date: 2002-06-07T03:56:52+00:00 List-Id: "John R. Strohm" wrote: > Furthermore, when the companies really, seriously, did the metrics > collection and looked at the results, they learned that Ada saved them time > and money. The best example is the Pratt & Whitney experience, for which > Marin David Condic is the knowledgeable individual who was in the trenches > at the time. Just read my latest edition of Crosstalk. Yet another article that names every programming language ever invented and completely ignores any mention of Ada. And here we have an author whose credibility in implying that Ada is irrelevant is reinforced by having been at AJPO. Even as we educate people about the benefits of Ada, former DoD officials with their focus on consulting dollars throw unnecessary obstacles in the path of wider acceptance. Richard Riehle