Re: NRC Study Report

[dweller@dfw.net (David Weller)]

In article <55b3oh$ba6@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us>,
Susan Carlson <carlsons@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us> wrote:
>
>
>The National Research Council Committee on Past and Present Contexts
>for the Use of Ada in the Department of Defense made the following 
>recommendations to DoD today:
>
Of course, it raises more questions than answers at the moment... :-)

>	1.  Require Ada for DoD warfighting software;
>
If it's not for warfighting, doesn't that mean it (usually) falls
under the budget axe?  I can understand R&D, but if I interpret it
broadly, it means pretty much everything is "warfighting".  Then
again, a narrow interpretation means: Things That Go Boom Or The
Things That Deliver Them.

>	2.  Drop Ada requirement for other DoD software;
>
One could say this is formalization of the status quo.  Certainly Greg
would :-)

>	3.  Invest $15M/year for Ada infrastructure - or drop
>		Ada requirement entirely;
>
$15M/year ain't a lot.  I'd consider that kind of funding level a
disincentive for investment from commercial providers.  But again,
that's just IMHO.

>	4.  Embed programming language decisions into a Software
>		Engineering Plan Review process.
>

Yeah, that should keep it free of bias  (very big :-)

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