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: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public From: nospam@somewhere.ia.us (Robert S. White) Subject: Current Ada strengths - was Re: ADA SUCKS, C/C++/JAVA RULES!!!! Date: 1997/10/28 Message-ID: <635u6q$4tk$1@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 285655406 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <635csg$2eu$1@news2.alpha.net> Organization: designing/implementing avionics during the day Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.advocacy Date: 1997-10-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , theropas@dimensional.com says... >As you said, it all boils down to the right tool for the right job. What >types of jobs are Ada best suited for? I got into development through self >learning, so I never really had the benefit of experiencing a lot of >different languages. IME Ada has worked out very well for difficult embedded systems maintained by a team of software engineers for a significant period of time. Stuff like avionics, spaceborne electronics, munitions and other things you don't want to fail. I've heard that some banks also found that reliable and easy to maintain software systems are a plus. Check out: http://www.adahome.com for more answers to this question. And again IME it is _not_ hard to teach a new college grad engineer (who has never used Ada) how to effectively use Ada in a very short time. With development environments ranging from Rational Apex to very nice (but simple) AdaGIDE/GNAT, it is very simple to develope Ada code. Ada's current weak points, IMHO / IME, are in "wizard smart" GUI code generation. _____________________________________________________________________ Robert S. White -- An embedded systems software engineer e-mail reply to reverse of: ia us lib cedar-rapids crpl shift2 whiter