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: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-30 08:31:36 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!Starbase.NeoSoft.COM!not-for-mail From: dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Date: 30 Nov 1994 10:26:51 -0600 Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 684 5969 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <3bi94b$t8g@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> References: <3aa7jo$7j@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3be9as$jrh@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <1994Nov29.182445.6678@eos.arc.nasa.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: starbase.neosoft.com Xref: bga.com comp.lang.ada:8091 comp.lang.c:32582 comp.programming:5496 comp.lang.c++:38938 comp.object:9166 Date: 1994-11-30T10:26:51-06:00 List-Id: In article <1994Nov29.182445.6678@eos.arc.nasa.gov>, IanMaclure wrote: >And yes COBOL cannot be said to have evolved like Ada, of course if the >space program had "evolved" like Ada there'd still be flame wars over whether >or not to put windows in the capsules and an actual launch would be years >away. > Please clarify this or retract it. -- Proud (and vocal) member of Team Ada! (and Team OS/2) ||This is not your Ada -- Very Cool. Doesn't Suck. || father's Ada For all sorts of interesting Ada tidbits, run the command: ||________________ "finger dweller@starbase.neosoft.com | more" (or e-mail with "finger" as subj.) |"Quitting C++ isn't so difficult, provided you show as much | | persistence stopping as you did starting." dweller |