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=3.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID, MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3b98a6d739306a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Andrew" Subject: Re: ada in australia, to the mystery emailer Date: 1999/11/15 Message-ID: <80qbv6$901$1@news5.fast.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 549088240 References: <382E91FF.621BB2DB@interact.net.au> <382F2310.260C22C@boeing.com> <382FC770.81CA88A8@interact.net.au> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6000 X-Complaints-To: abuse@fast.net X-Trace: news5.fast.net 942715686 9217 209.92.18.248 (16 Nov 1999 01:28:06 GMT) Organization: FASTNET(R) - Business and Personal Internet Solutions X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Nov 1999 01:28:06 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-11-16T01:28:06+00:00 List-Id: What sort of Comanche simulation are you working on ? Comanche is still in development. Lots of changes coming down. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew "G" wrote in message news:382FC770.81CA88A8@interact.net.au... > > > Thanks for that. I am using an aircraft built by Boeing and Sikorsky to > develop > a model project for a simulation. Freely available online info on the > Comanche. > > I find the concepts fascinating. These aircraft are no less than works of art. > > :-) > -G > > > In addition to Robert's reference to JORN. The Combat System on the Collins > > Class sub (you may have heard mention of it in the papers and on the TV? > > :-)) is written in Ada. Most, if not all defence companies in Australia > > have done at least one project using Ada. It has been in use since at least > > the mid-80's here. Most issues of the Australian have at least one > > advertisement with Ada somewhere in it, there is always a cronic shortage > > of experience Ada programmers here (like anywhere else :-)). But it is a > > fairly limited "scene" due to the target audience (defence contractors). > > > > Peter >