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_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: dweller@dfw.net (David Weller) Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada Date: 1996/02/21 Message-ID: <4gf2ne$bag@dfw.dfw.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 140658764 references: <4etcmm$lpd@nova.dimensional.com> <4gaa <4gd94r$isu@mack.rt66.com> <4geaac$bh6@qualcomm.com> organization: DFWNet -- Public Internet Access newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1996-02-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <4geaac$bh6@qualcomm.com>, Nasser Abbasi wrote: >In article <4gd94r$isu@mack.rt66.com>, egf@Rt66.com (Ed Franks) says: > >>Meanwhile, the software for the Mission Control Center >>(MOC) at NASA Johnson Space Center is being rewritten in C++, not ADA. > >Can any one else confirm this? How large is this software project? > I can confirm it. In fact, I can also confirm that NASA/JSC is flocking as rapidly as possible to C++. WIth the exception of some flight software on the space station, and the space station simulator, you'd be hard-pressed to find Ada. In fact, rumor has it that NASA/JSC is pressuring the last "non-flight-software" Ada developers to "consider" switching to C/C++. Ada is indeed dead and unwell at JSC. YOu really need look no further than the "satellite" university, University of Houston at Clear Lake...a considerable amount of NASA-, and NASA-contractor-funded research work is in C++, despite UHCL once being one of, if not _the_, strongest supporter of Ada in the late 80's. And, just to keep the facts straight, Ada is NOT a "mandated" language within NASA. At one point in time, there was a policy that it was "preferred", but that policy is clearly moot. -- GNAT = GNAT is Not an Ada Translator ==Ada 95 Booch Components: www.ocsystems.com/booch or www.dfw.net/~dweller== Reality: Work, Work, Work, Guitar. | Plugged: Fender Telecaster Deluxe Fantasy: Guitar, Guitar, Guitar, Work(ha!) | Unplugged: Yamaha CG-150SA