Re: status of Ada STL?

[David Marceau <davidmarceau@sympatico.ca>]

> I am an aerospace engineer at a government research center with a
> major program on air traffic management. The controller support
> systems developed here have traditionally been written in C, with a
> gradual migration toward C++. I am trying to push Ada, but I am
> encountering all kinds of resistance.
Real numbers is what your boss wants.  Here's recent numbers :)
Page 24 of 
http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/CrossTalk/2002/mar/mar02ind.asp
"Correctness by construction" 
This gives compelling evidence shows that focus on bug prevention rather
than
bug detection raises quality and saves time and money.
This approach was done using Spark(an ada subset) and full ada.

-try looking at March 2002 "COTS journal"
http://www.rtcgroup.com/cotsjournal/2002/03/cots03-cotsview.pdf
This gives a list of factors making ada increasingly popular.

> encountering all kinds of resistance.
IMHO Concerning pushing ada in a C/C++(or java) shop, be very careful
how you present your arguments for using Ada.
Make sure you catch him when he's feeling good and doesn't seem
preoccupied.
BTW it is practically a one-shot deal because if you approach him too
many times on wanting to change his direction,
he might think you're being insubordinate, you're not a team player,
you're not focusing on producing your c++ code 
and ..... Let's stay positive :)

I hope this helps.

Sant� bonheur,
David Marceau