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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ec3b1a84cab8fc8a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-07 12:27:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!193.174.75.178!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-koe1.dfn.de!news-han1.dfn.de!news.fh-hannover.de!news.cid.net!news.enyo.de!news1.enyo.de!not-for-mail From: Florian Weimer Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada and the NMD Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 21:31:41 +0200 Organization: Enyo's not your organization Message-ID: <87y9nqajc2.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> References: <3B970152.4AC6C6E3@PublicPropertySoftware.com> <87lmjsttxa.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12913 Date: 2001-09-07T21:31:41+02:00 List-Id: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) writes: > If the system dies from budget overrun and failure to produce a working > model, Ada suffers the reputation as a major part of code bloat that > keeps things from being accomplished. I don't think this is a risk---think of the Concorde effect, and this project is far more ambitious and is likely to receive strong government backing over the next few years.