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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,447bd1cf7a88c198 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-10 05:55:58 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!news.iac.net!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3A4F5A4A.9ABA2C4F@chicagonet.net> <3A4F759E.A7D63F3F@netwood.net> <3A50ABDF.3A8F6C0D@acm.org> <92qdnn$jfg$1@news.huji.ac.il> <3A50C371.8B7B871@home.com> <3A51EC04.91353CE7@uol.com.br> <3A529C97.2CA4777F@home.com> <3A53CB9E.EA7CF86C@uol.com.br> <3A5466DE.811D43A5@acm.org> <932aol$ikc$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <932mi6$r2k$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <9343b1$3g5$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <934iuf$eqv$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <937kc7$ssq$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93c0e9$4u6$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93e33l$tfu$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93ekmo$a14$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93f73f$mt1$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93f9tu$p2r$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93fphu$64l$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <87zoh0lall.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <3A5C53F3.5171CE3F@acm.org> Subject: Re: Do we need "Mission-Critical" software? Was: What to Do? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: <4MZ66.1231$J%.144121@news.flash.net> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 13:49:52 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.215.65.170 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 979134592 216.215.65.170 (Wed, 10 Jan 2001 07:49:52 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 07:49:52 CST Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3863 Date: 2001-01-10T13:49:52+00:00 List-Id: "Marin David Condic" wrote in message news:3A5C53F3.5171CE3F@acm.org... : It wasn't all that bad. It had a more C-ish flavor to it with a dash of : Fortran thrown in for seasoning. It was not as cryptic as C - mostly. I think that's a little harsh. Actually, it had some support (admittedly weak) for areas where Ada usually is considered to hold an advantage. For example: -- An analogue to record representation specifications -- Support for fixed-point arithmetic -- The COMPOOL mechanism, which encouraged modularity. Granted, it's been a while since I programmed in JOVIAL, but my recollection is that it was better than C or FORTRAN for use in embedded systems. : The : real reason for ditching it (beside it being rather dated and better : concepts had come along) was the whole reason for Ada. The DoD was : supporting dozens - or hundreds - of different, obscure programming : languages all over the place. It would save money to not do that. : : MDC : : Florian Weimer wrote: : : > What was so special about this language that the DoD wanted to get rid : > of it, BTW? : : -- : ====================================================================== : Marin David Condic - Quadrus Corporation - http://www.quadruscorp.com/ : Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ q u a d r u s c o r p . c o m : Visit my web site at: http://www.mcondic.com/ : : "Giving money and power to Government is like giving whiskey : and car keys to teenage boys." : : -- P. J. O'Rourke : ====================================================================== : :