Re: Death of DSP support?

[Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com>]

In article <5u86eg$n8d@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>,
	Michael & Amy Hartsough <Hartsough@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

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>A couple of weeks ago, the Director Of Software Engineering at our
>division made a presentation to his staff on the future directions of
>our organization. A bullet on one of his charts stated that because the
>DoD had dropped the Ada Mandate, we will be eliminating Ada and becoming
>a C shop. 

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Unfortunately, this is happening at other DoD Ada development shops. 
It is beginning to have its effect on support organizations. On the
brighter side, at least one DoD software manager recently said "The
only two languages I would consider using are Ada and Eiffel.  Moreover,
while the DoD makes the mistake of abrogating its Ada policy, some
non-DoD Software Engineering Directors are beginning to notice
Ada's benefits over C for safety-critical software.  I recently met
one non-DoD software manager who is trying to decide whether to move away
from C++ with either Eiffel or Ada.  Perhaps, as Ada is discovered by real
engineers outside the DoD, it will be able to survive the stupidity of
software managers who abandon Ada for C.  I hope so.

Richard Riehle
AdaWorks