Re: Any research putting c above ada?

[NKSW39B@prodigy.com (Matthew Givens)]

Just to add my two cents in again, and to show you that I'm not standing 
alone and whistling in the wind, I would like to share with you a memo 
that hit my e-mail on Wednesday.

The e-mail was from our project director (remember that I work with a 
government contractor doing software for the Air Force).  It stated that, 
since the Air Force was relaxing their insistence on using Ada, we would 
now be able to get rid of the anchor that's been hanging around our necks.
  In short, we get to ditch Ada for the next version.  The memo then went 
on to discuss other language options and ask for opinions.

So, it is not merely I who understand that Ada is not the best language 
for all tasks, but also the project managers and design folks at my 
company.  C++ was one of the languages discussed to replace Ada, but by 
no means the only one.

So, to all those who told me (more than once) that I was crazy to think C 
could do anything better than Ada, I am not alone in my understanding.  
My company shares my opinion, as does the Air Force (after all, they are 
relaxing the Ada requirement).

"What is the speed of dark?"
- Iceman