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_50,FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS, INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!NAVPGS.BITNET!4526P From: 4526P@NAVPGS.BITNET ("LT Scott A. Norton, USN") Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Globals + Texts + Simplicity Message-ID: <8701060245.AA21390@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Fri, 2-Jan-87 19:44:09 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8701060245.AA21390 Posted: Fri Jan 2 19:44:09 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Jan-87 02:37:22 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet List-Id: ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > I find it sourly ironic that the > military--supposedly the least foward-looking, "with-it" American > institution--is the biggest supporter of SW engineering. It may be ironic, but it should not be suprising. My last tour of duty was on the 20 year old cruiser Harry E. Yarnell. This ship's tactical data system program was at least ten years old, and had components that were older than the ship. In ten years of maintenance, you pay for poorly engineered software over and over. Because the military can not live on the cutting edge of technology, but must use systems that last twenty years or more, we require better engineering in software, as well as in the supporting hardware. Lt Scott A. Norton, USN Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93950-5018 <4526P@NAVPGS.BITNET>