Re: Current status of Ada?

[Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>]

anon a �crit :
> Even this rule even exist today. If the customer wants C++, then you write 
> the code in C++.  If they say JAVA, you do JAVA, else you find find another 
> job.  

And if you have a boss with a brain you'll have to use Ada as it costs
less and is less error prone!

And let me say it, Ada the language is not what people try to avoid...
they try to escape their role: Software Engineers and just act as simple
coder as it looks more fun!

The simple sentence "we use C++ as there is more C++ guys out there" is
just bogus. I need good software engineers not somebody who knows C++
and nothing about building safe and readable software! Good software
engineers are quite rare those days and they know whatever language. I
had one example recently, a guy knowing C/C++ only working with me on an
Ada project. In 15 days he was able to create good piece of code in Ada.
He already had the skills of a software engineer and this is the most
difficult part to acquire. Ada IMHO just help better keeping the line
straight and in this respect is the perfect tool for software engineer
as it supports good software practices quite well.

Pascal.

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