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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,33e793a459e66944 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: rlove@neosoft.com (Robert B. Love ) Subject: Re: Choosing C++ instead of Ada (was What is Ada used for?) Date: 1996/10/21 Message-ID: <54gc04$osv@uuneo.neosoft.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 190981822 references: <01bbb6e2$6385d540$23b2fd86@jssmith.csu891.sandia.gov> organization: NeoSoft, Inc. cc: rriehle@nunic.nu.edu newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-10-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In Richard Riehle wrote: > I am meeting more and more DoD managers and contractors who, at the > management level, are concerned with whether Ada has the staying > power required for them to select it for important projects. While > many of them agree that Ada is probably superior to C++, that superiority > may prove to be of marginal value when weighed against the availability > of tools for C++, programmers in C++, and the myriad of other resources > for C++. Where are the success stories for C++ in large DoD efforts? Since I don't do C++ I don't see them. Are there any? We know of Ada success stories. I'm hearing rumors of a large C++ "national systems" program that is failing. Program is way behind schedule and now the gov't is questioning the contractor. I don't know the cause of the failure or if its recoverable. But this could be a C++ failure that should be highlighted. We need to stress to these managers that there are Ada success stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Love, rlove@neosoft.com (local) MIME & NeXT Mail OK rlove@raptor.rmnug.org (permanent) PGP key available ----------------------------------------------------------------