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: 103376,3a4656a5edc0dab4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: controlnews3.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!c03.atl99!c01.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!d9c68f36!not-for-mail Message-ID: <40A8AA36.8080506@noplace.com> From: Marin David Condic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada used in General Aviation (GA) applications? References: <409F69CB.8020604@noplace.com> <20619edc.0405120909.6ba1a793@posting.google.com> <40A35FF6.9050703@noplace.com> <87u0yivdwr.fsf@insalien.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:04:31 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.22.164 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net 1084795471 209.165.22.164 (Mon, 17 May 2004 05:04:31 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 05:04:31 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: controlnews3.google.com comp.lang.ada:631 Date: 2004-05-17T12:04:31+00:00 List-Id: I don't think that it does - in principle. But we don't build things in the abstract. We build things in the Real World(tm) where a competing language may offer lots of leverage that raw Ada alone can't compete against. So if we want to see Ada succeed somewhere rather than just grouse about how the people in that market sector are bone-heads for not picking Ada, then we ought to look at what they do, how they do it, what help they need, what would make their lives better, etc., and make sure Ada provides it. Or having learned all that stuff and invented a better answer, go off and compete against them and win. Then *they* can go off grumbling about how Ada is a stupid idea and we control the industry just because we somehow cheated or got lucky. :-) MDC Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote: > > Why is it that everybody seem to say that it is slower to get programs > written in Ada out of the door, than those written in other languages? > > Are there any data indicating that this is the case? > > Or some sensible arguments for it? > > Jacob -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: m o d c @ a m o g c n i c . r "Face it ladies, its not the dress that makes you look fat. Its the FAT that makes you look fat." -- Al Bundy ======================================================================