From: James Rhodes <james.rhodes@gecm.com>
Subject: Re: Is the "Ada mandate" being reconsidered?
Date: 1996/07/11
Date: 1996-07-11T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4s2b6o$p0t@gcsin3.geccs.gecm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: gwinn-1007961352370001@smc19.ed.ray.com
gwinn@res.ray.com (Joe Gwinn) wrote:
>In article <4rrrvg$j9b@rational.rational.com>, rlk@rational.com (Bob
>Kitzberger) wrote:
>
>> Joe Gwinn (gwinn@res.ray.com) wrote:
>>
>> : That said, on (for instance) FAA jobs, where the allowed languages now
>> : range all the way from ANSI C to C++ [...]
>>
>> This seems to imply that Ada is not 'allowed' on FAA projects.
>> I'm having a hard time believing that's true...
>
>I'm not just implying it, I'm saying it right out loud, based on the last
>couple of FAA jobs I have been involved in bidding on. I have read the
>actual FAA RFPs; they are quite clear. They list ANSI C and C++ as the
>only allowed choices. Ada is nowhere mentioned, a sharp contrast with
>previous FAA RFPs, which mandated Ada.
>
>Joe Gwinn
But what will they be doing?
Making sure planes don't crash into each other, or some
some such mission critical system, on a dedicated platform?
or
recording the rota for the cleaning of the airport toilets,
on PC which will only be booted with the program occasionally?
my guesses for which language are appropriate for what are the
predictable ones.
James.
(Hmmn, in some airports I've been unfortunate to be in a mission
critical toilet cleaning rota wouldn't have been a bad idea ;-)
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1996-06-21 0:00 Is the "Ada mandate" being reconsidered? Bob Crispen
1996-06-25 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1996-06-25 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-06-27 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1996-06-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-01 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-06-27 0:00 ` Bob Crispen
1996-06-27 0:00 ` Jim Kingdon
1996-06-28 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-30 0:00 ` Nasser Abbasi
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Bob Kitzberger
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1996-07-10 0:00 ` David Emery
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Brad Balfour
1996-07-11 0:00 ` James Rhodes [this message]
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Jim Chelini
1996-07-22 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1996-07-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-06-30 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1996-06-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-30 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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1996-07-16 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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1996-06-17 0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-06-19 0:00 ` Jim Kingdon
1996-06-19 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-06-14 0:00 Mark Bell
1996-06-14 0:00 ` Kevin J. Weise
1996-06-17 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-06-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Michael Levasseur
1996-06-14 0:00 Mark Bell
1996-05-08 0:00 Howard Dodson
1996-05-08 0:00 ` David Weller
1996-05-08 0:00 ` Thomas C. Timberlake
1996-05-08 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
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1996-05-10 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1996-05-13 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-05-13 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-14 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1996-05-14 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-05-17 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1996-06-03 0:00 ` Roy M. Bell
1996-06-09 0:00 ` Peggy Byers
1996-06-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-09 0:00 ` David Weller
1996-06-10 0:00 ` James Krell
1996-06-11 0:00 ` Michael Levasseur
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-06-13 0:00 ` Michael Levasseur
1996-06-14 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-06-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-17 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-06-20 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1996-06-25 0:00 ` Bob Kitzberger
1996-06-10 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-06-10 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-06-10 0:00 ` Paul Whittington
1996-06-11 0:00 ` Jim Kingdon
1996-06-11 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Tom Robinson
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-06-13 0:00 ` Tom Robinson
1996-06-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-18 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-06-18 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Carl Bowman
1996-06-13 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-06-14 0:00 ` Tom Robinson
1996-06-13 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-13 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-14 0:00 ` Jim Kingdon
1996-06-21 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-06-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-14 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-14 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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