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: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-09 03:40:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!pipehawk.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: john.mccabe@emrad.com.nospam (John McCabe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: is Ada dying? Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 10:39:15 GMT Organization: Emrad Ltd Message-ID: <3bc2d26e.10131748@news.demon.co.uk> References: <3bc16680.2581922@news.demon.co.uk> <6gpw7.42573$jE3.4985089@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <3bc2b008.1326667@news.demon.co.uk> <3bc2bc7e$1@pull.gecm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipehawk.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pipehawk.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.81 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1002623967 nnrp-07:7230 NO-IDENT pipehawk.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.81 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14001 Date: 2001-10-09T10:39:15+00:00 List-Id: On Tue, 9 Oct 2001 10:12:35 +0100, "Martin Dowie" wrote: >One thing that is never very well documented is that there are >City of London instituation who use Ada, I wonder if its popularity >is growing in that market? I understand that Reuter news agency also >use Ada, but I don't have any links to confirm this... Reuters have used it for a while in the west country I believe. As for the City of London, there have been adverts recently for experienced Ada/C++ staff to work in the city on a SmartCard project. I haven't been convinced that they are actually using Ada though, possibly they just want people who have been exposed to the disciplines of using Ada in order to produce a better quality C++ product. >> May be - I'm not sure what happened to Easams with the GEC-Marconi/BAe >> merger/takeover. >I think they are still around but if you don't want to work on 'bombs' >then ALSTOM use Ada for their railway systems, but again, big engineering >porjects, not 'bank-o-mat' stuff. That's right - I know of someone who was working on the Docklands Railway using Ada, but I can't remember who it was now! >Well, after 7 years as a contractor, for various reasons (mostly family), >I'm now a permie again, but I do miss the jobbing around aspect from >time to time... I'm now permie after 4 years as a contractor. >In that 7 years though I never had to take an enforced break between >contracts. Me either, but I got fed up working on the same types of projects all the time. >There was always work and security was always done swiftly >enough. Once you are cleared it is fairly quick in coming through a >subsequent time, I found. I haven't seen a problem, but then mine has never lapsed. I've seen people with lapsed security clearance having problems. One of the problems as a contractor is, if it lapses, you have to persuade an agent or some other such organisation to renew it! >On this you have mean misinformed, the 'holder' of your clearance can >'forward' it for at least a year after leaving their employment (I've had >to do this once after working on non-secure stuff). Were you working on a non-secure site? I got the impression it remained valid as long as the site was listed as secure, even if you weren't working on a secure project.