Re: How many different processors do you use?

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>]

In article <ugnqj7.8e.ln@bigbird.sw.asiainfo.com>,
  markh@usai.asiainfo.com wrote:
> Everett M. Greene <mojaveg@ridgecrest.ca.us> wrote:
> (talking about Ada)
> : It took 16 years to produce something which is useful?
> : And this is after it took 10+ years to get to the `83
> : product?
>
> To be fair, a lot of that time Ada vendors, proponents, etc,
> were counting on the government to push things forward.
>
> Now, it is Ada activists pushing things forward with
> "real stuff".

These kind of observations are simply guesses that have nothing
to do with the reality of the situation. It is amazing to me how
on CLA people who know very little about the actual history
make wild guesses and post them as fact.

For those who were around during both the Ada 83 and Ada 95
processes, it is quite clear that

(a) the standardization process for both Ada 83 and Ada 95
went remarkably fast, certainly considering what has been
achieved for other languages.

(b) what delays there were resulted from fundamental technical
problems and technical differences of opinion in how they
should be resolved.

It should be said that the fact that the language design effort
was very well funded by the DoD in both cases was a crucial
factor in the rapid pace that was achieved.

Robert Dewar


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