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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-28 08:50:37 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!gwu.edu!gwu.edu!not-for-mail From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Date: 28 Nov 1994 11:23:51 -0500 Organization: George Washington University Message-ID: <3bd06n$kbt@felix.seas.gwu.edu> References: <3aa7jo$7j@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3b5ajt$n86@news-2.csn.net> <3b5h8q$de0@felix.seas.gwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.164.9.3 Xref: nntp.gmd.de comp.lang.ada:17016 comp.lang.c:70071 comp.programming:13136 comp.lang.c++:80712 comp.object:17897 Date: 1994-11-28T11:23:51-05:00 List-Id: In article , Tarjei Jensen wrote: >Since technical merits migth not win the day we should face the realities and >use the other successful spinoffs to give Ada a better image. >"Coming soon from the people who brought you TCP/IP {insert list of other >goodies here} the programming language both the accountant and programmers >love. Ada the language for the new generation! Be in control!" Bingo! And let's keep spreading the stories about where Ada has really succeeded. Make sure everyone knows about the software behind all those CRT's in the airliner cockpit. And in the air-traffic-control system on the ground. And (in France, anyway) in the train system that gets you from the airport to the Riviera at 300 km/h. And the Swiss PTT's electronic-funds-exchange system. And, and... And all those systems are written in Ada 83... And not only that, it'll run on a PC. And not only that, GNAT is _free_. How about "Ada - use it when your software really has to WORK." Mike Feldman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael B. Feldman - chair, SIGAda Education Working Group Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The George Washington University - Washington, DC 20052 USA 202-994-5919 (voice) - 202-994-0227 (fax) - mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Internet) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ada on the World-Wide Web: http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Illegitimi non carborundum." (Don't let the bastards grind you down.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------