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,d51051a623c1e2d0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Subject: Re: decline of Ada? Date: 1996/11/22 Message-ID: <575ce2$ic0@felix.seas.gwu.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 198154512 references: <199611121040.FAA16264@bb.iu.net> <3293BBCF.3D78@brainiac.com> <572o5g$et6@fozzie.sun3.iaf.nl> organization: George Washington University newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-11-22T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <572o5g$et6@fozzie.sun3.iaf.nl>, Geert Bosch wrote: [snip] >In Europe there are many jobs involving Ada (as a tool, not a goal!). >In fact there are many more job openings than qualified people to fill >them. And there is no "DoD" with a "mandate" in Europe. Some Americans >have such a limited view that they fail to see the language is also >used on a large scale without companies being forced to. This might be a good time to post this list again. Can anyone help me make it, and keep it, as up to date and accurate as possible? (Private e-mail is fine; I will not quote anyone.) Thanks and cheers - Mike Feldman --- cut here --- Interesting Projects (mostly non-defense) in which Ada is used to at least a significant degree. I know the list is incomplete. I am very interested in getting additions, corrections, and additional domains; I want the data to be current and verifiable. Michael B. Feldman chair, SIGAda Education Working Group Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 USA 202-994-5919 (voice) 202-994-0227 (fax) mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Internet) Air Traffic Control Systems, by country Australia Belgium Brazil Canada China Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary India Ireland Kenya Netherlands New Zealand Pakistan Scotland Singapore South Africa Spain Sweden United Kingdom United States Vietnam Banking and Financial Networks Reuters news service Swiss Postbank Electronic Funds Transfer system Commercial Aircraft Airbus 330 Airbus 340 Beechjet 400A (US business jet) Beech Starship I (US business turboprop) Beriev BE-200 (Russian forest fire patrol) Boeing 737-200, -400, -500, -600, -700, -800 Boeing 747-400 Boeing 757 Boeing 767 Boeing 777 Canadair Regional Jet Embraer CBA-123 and CBA-145 (Brazilian-made regional airliners) Fokker F-100 (Dutch DC-9-size airliner - American Airlines flies these) Ilyushin 96M (Russian jetliner) Saab 2000 Tupolev TU-204 (Russian jetliner) Communication and Navigational Satellites and receivers INMARSAT - voice and data communications to ships and mobile communications Intelsat VII NSTAR (Nippon Telephone and Telegraph) PanAmSat (South American Intelsat-like consortium) United States Coast Guard Differential Global Positioning System (GPS) Rockwell Collins NavCore V GPS receiver ESA/Alcatel-SEL GPS receiver TDRSS Ground Terminals - NASA Scientific Satellites Cassini command subsystem ENVISAT-1 - European Space Agency (ESA), Earth observation satellite XMM - ESA EOS - NASA's Earth Observing System Goes RadarSat (Canada) UK Space Technology Research Vehicle, auxillary payload on Ariane4 Railway Transportation Cairo Metro Calcutta Metro Caracas Metro Channel Tunnel Conrail (major U.S. railway company) French High-Speed Rail (TGV) French National Railways Hong Kong Suburban Rail London Underground Paris Metro Paris Suburban Rail Television Industry Canal+ (French pay-per-view TV, remote cable box control software) Medical Industry JEOL Nuclear Magnetic Resonance