Re: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

Sure. I know there is Ada in the 7E7 and elsewhere for that matter. Ada 
is still in use, but companies are going down other routes. If we want 
Ada to be used widely in the future, we have to go out there and get it 
into projects ourselves. The best (and probably *only*) way that is 
going to happen is because Ada believers are sufficiently convinced of 
its superior profitability to be willing to start companies that make 
something that utilizes Ada. It ain't gonna happen if we wait for the 
C++ advocates to finally see the sweet light of reason.

MDC


Ed Falis wrote:

> 
> I'm going to get on mine, then.
> 
> Being involved in this program as the project lead for the Ada compiler, 
> I  can make a pretty good guesstimate from early orders and the state of 
> the  core technologies being used that the proportion of C++ on this 
> program is  likely to be miniscule in the overall software load.  My 
> perception is  also that Ada will be the dominant language used, though 
> I can't speak for  Boeing or its subcontractors.
> 
> Fair enough?
> 
> - Ed


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