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=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,7d7ee3c3e9e9e103 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,7d7ee3c3e9e9e103 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,9f9e8bd17e4d4c4d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-24 16:55:04 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com!netcomsv!annwfn!annwfn!merlin From: merlin@annwfn.com (Fred McCall) Subject: Re: Eiffel for DoD development? Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1994 14:44:02 -0400 Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.lang.ada Message-ID: <85BA3295BE6@annwfn.com> References: Organization: Is For People Who Don't Have Real Work X-Newsreader: Newsy 0.22 Xref: bga.com comp.lang.eiffel:2059 comp.object:6774 comp.lang.ada:6165 Date: 1994-09-24T14:44:02-04:00 List-Id: In wayned@cpcug.org Wayne Dernoncourt writes: >I thought Ada was mandated only for embedded combat software, things like >test sets, etc. were excluded from having to be written in Ada. Has DoD >changed their tune and will now force new business system software, etc. to >be written in Ada. First of all, it's really Congress that's responsible for the Ada Mandate, not DoD. Secondly, it applies to *all* software. The only reason business systems can often get a waiver (and yes, they need to get one, as the Mandate exists) is because of all the already existing COBOL out there (demonstrable price savings over the lifecycle). And yes, the 'Ada Police' *will* come and get in your face if you get caught trying to use something else, even if what you're doing isn't embedded software and (sometimes) even if it makes more sense to use a different language because of already existing things that you have to work with (and no, this is not purely theoretical knowledge). -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden --------------------------------------------------------------------------- merlin@annwfn.com -- I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.