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-Thread: 103376,3869f0598191b11d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!d9c68f36!not-for-mail Message-ID: <41054FDD.1070102@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: Porting ADA source References: <40FBBB16.8050206@noplace.com> <40fd03b4$1_1@baen1673807.greenlnk.net> <40FD0932.5080604@noplace.com> <40FE607F.6040702@noplace.com> <41010BE5.2090501@noplace.com> <41024C9D.4040105@noplace.com> <7p-dnSwepb2xxJ_cRVn-iw@comcast.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 18:39:31 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.25.178 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net 1090867171 209.165.25.178 (Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:39:31 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:39:31 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2401 Date: 2004-07-26T18:39:31+00:00 List-Id: The nice thing is that with the stringent test requirements of DO-178b, things like SPARC start becoming an economically attractive alternative: The more testing I can do automatically, the less it costs me to get my product approved. It makes sense for Ada vendors to play that card: Do as much as possible to provide test tools, etc., because in that particular arena (DO-178b) it starts getting *real* obvious that errors cost money and you can't sacrifice verification in order to gain Time To Market. Of course, that's only a small subset of the overall software world, but it is at least a market that wants to buy what Ada is trying to sell: correct software. MDC Robert I. Eachus wrote: > Fortunately SPARK seems to be catching on for software where reliability > is a requirement. However, there are times when you need more > expressive power than SPARK currently allows, and of course, SPARK could > not exist without a wider Ada community. > -- ====================================================================== 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 "All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for." --Logan Pearsall Smith ======================================================================