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=2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.lang.ada:3050 misc.legal:12758 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!ogicse!emory!hubcap!billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu From: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,misc.legal Subject: Re: Ada, 1992, and Product Responsibility Message-ID: <7390@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 9 Dec 89 18:43:54 GMT References: <1149@pcsbst.UUCP> Sender: news@hubcap.clemson.edu Reply-To: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu List-Id: >From horst@pcsbst.UUCP (horst): > In the European Market we expect to have laws in 1992 that resemble the > American Laws of Product Responsibility. As far as I know, those can make > an implementor responsible for any consequences of using an implementation > language which is not considered the best choice. And there are strong > signals that Ada will be the default 'best choice' for lawyers. Is this > not true for the US? The US is going to be behind Europe in many ways once the European integration process has completed; the standardization of product regulations in Europe will be considerably greater than that which exists in the US, for example -- here there are still many different regulation systems which vary from state to state (example: insurance), and there is no real effort underway to eliminate all the inconsistencies. It will probably take a decade or so for the US to catch up, both in terms of using Ada and in terms of standardizing its marketplace. As for the product responsibility, I don't think the US lawyers have yet discovered this particular approach to demonstrating negligence. (Cross-posted to misc.legal for further discussion) Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu