From: mjsilva@jps.net (Mike Silva)
Subject: Re: official recommendations of Ada
Date: 20 Jul 2001 22:18:05 -0700
Date: 2001-07-21T05:18:05+00:00 [thread overview]
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18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ) wrote in message news:<bebbba07.0107162313.66a58a69@posting.google.com>...
> I work in an environment dominated by C/C++, and I would like to
> recommend Ada for a safety-critical application that is about to be
> initiated. I think official recommendations of respected standards
> organizations will carry a lot of weight. I came across a reference to
> IEC-1508, for example, which apparently recommends Ada. However, the
> document must be ordered and costs over $100. Yes, I should go ahead
> and get it, but I am wondering if the actual Ada recommendation is
> available online somewhere. Also, does anyone know of other official
> recommendations of Ada over other languages for critical software
> (either online or available through snail-mail)? Thanks.
One thing isn't clear to me -- is your "environment" already
developing safety-critical apps? If so, are they using C or C++?
Mike
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-17 7:13 official recommendations of Ada Russ
2001-07-17 13:11 ` Pat Rogers
2001-07-17 14:37 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-17 21:32 ` Hambut
2001-07-18 21:54 ` Hambut
2001-07-19 0:30 ` Mike Silva
2001-07-20 6:59 ` Phil Thornley
2001-07-20 11:31 ` Peter Amey
2001-07-20 12:22 ` Robert Dewar
2001-07-22 7:04 ` Hambut
2001-07-22 19:29 ` Rod Chapman
2001-07-18 10:08 ` Martin Dowie
2001-07-20 12:43 ` codesavvy
2001-07-21 3:07 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-21 6:10 ` James Rogers
2001-07-21 5:04 ` Ed Falis
2001-07-21 12:52 ` codesavvy
2001-07-23 3:53 ` An Assumption I Did Make (Was Re: official recommendations of Ada) codesavvy
2001-07-21 7:40 ` official recommendations of Ada Pascal Obry
2001-07-21 8:23 ` Pascal Obry
2001-07-21 13:01 ` codesavvy
2001-07-24 8:13 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2001-07-24 12:34 ` Software Metrics (was Re: official recommendations of Ada) Marin David Condic
2001-07-24 19:06 ` official recommendations of Ada codesavvy
2001-07-25 8:23 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2001-07-25 8:13 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2001-07-21 5:18 ` Mike Silva [this message]
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