Re: official recommendations of Ada

["Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@nospam.baesystems.com>]

ARINC Report 613, Guidance for Using the Ada Programming
Language in Avionic Systems

"It is the desire of the airline community to reduce the
 cost and the economic risk associated with avionics
 software systems. As a means to achieve this, it is
 recommended that the Ada programming language be used
 as the standard High-Order Language (HOL) in avionics
 equipment design."


Russ <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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> I work in an environment dominated by C/C++, and I would like to
> recommend Ada for a safety-critical application that is about to be
> initiated. I think official recommendations of respected standards
> organizations will carry a lot of weight. I came across a reference to
> IEC-1508, for example, which apparently recommends Ada. However, the
> document must be ordered and costs over $100. Yes, I should go ahead
> and get it, but I am wondering if the actual Ada recommendation is
> available online somewhere. Also, does anyone know of other official
> recommendations of Ada over other languages for critical software
> (either online or available through snail-mail)? Thanks.