radical suggestion for DoD compiler development

radical suggestion for DoD compiler development

[CONTR47]

     I suggest that the Government offer a reward for the 3 bestAda compilers for PCs by a certain date, say Jan 1, 1989. 
Perhaps $5 million for the best, $3 million for the second 
best and $1 million for the third best. In order to claim the 
prize money one would be required to give the Government limitedrights so they can use and maintain it but be precluded from putit in the public domain. 
     Thus, in 1989, the Government would have 3 pretty good 
compilers and runtime environment source code which it could 
"prove" for secure applications and "improve" as needed. 
     I believe (perhaps naively) that there are teams of compilewriters in the world who would live on dog food until 1989 for ashot at $5 million. 
     There are a few rules and conditions to be worked out 
(e.g: must use Ada for readability) however definitely 
DO NOT require any Military documentation, in fact noone 
need disclose that they are working toward the prize until 
Jan 1, 1989. I don't have control of $9 million BUT I will 
volunteer to define the contest rules and judging criterion 
if someone can come up with the dough. 
regards, sam harbaugh
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