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=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40 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 04:49:14 PST From: "Martin Dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada 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> <3bc2d26e.10131748@news.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: is Ada dying? Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 12:48:25 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 NNTP-Posting-Host: ed125012.sd.edinbr.gmav.gecm.com Message-ID: <3bc2e103$1@pull.gecm.com> X-Trace: 9 Oct 2001 12:35:31 GMT, ed125012.sd.edinbr.gmav.gecm.com Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!btnet-peer1!btnet-feed3!btnet!newreader.ukcore.bt.net!pull.gecm.com!ed125012.sd.edinbr.gmav.gecm.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14004 Date: 2001-10-09T12:48:25+01:00 List-Id: > 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. Don't know about that one, but there were advert for 'Ada only' engineers last year. > 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! Not JF from Welwyn Garden City per chance? > Me either, but I got fed up working on the same types of projects all > the time. That's a shame, while I pretty much exclusively worked in defence, the projects I worked on were all very different, with very different workplace cultures. As is my new place of work. > 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. I think it was non-secure, certainly there were no security guards! :-)