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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e6d1607a5397de6b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-11-06 16:30:11 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!sienna.impulse.net!63.208.208.143.MISMATCH!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!europa.netcrusader.net!205.231.236.10!newspeer.monmouth.com!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail From: mark@rational.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is the Ada World Embarrassed by the Defense Industry? Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 00:17:07 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. Message-ID: <8u7hlt$8dt$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <39FDE9E4.35F615A6@netwood.net> <8tv7da$u0r$1@nnrp1.deja.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.213.201.52 To: nospam_steved94@home.com X-Article-Creation-Date: Tue Nov 07 00:17:07 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows NT; DigExt) X-Http-Proxy: 1.1 x73.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 130.213.201.52 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDmark_lundquist Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1833 Date: 2000-11-07T00:17:07+00:00 List-Id: In article , Frode =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tenneb=F8?= wrote: > DuckE wrote: > [snip] > > > > I had little difficulty finding resources on the Internet to argue the > > advantages of moving to Ada 95. No such resources were available (that I > > could find) supporting moving to other environments. > > > > We made that decision to use Ada, and have been thankful ever since. > > Congratulation with a well-considered choise. Perhaps you could > compose a paper on this and put it on the Internet as a resource? :) > > -Frode Steve: I'd also really encourage you to write something up. But you might consider publishing/presenting it somewhere where it would have more impact than just floating it out on the net, where it's more likely to be seen by people like us :-) than by those who aren't already interested in Ada. You might get in touch with Richard Riehle for some contacts, pointers etc. about magazines and conferences -- he's written Ada articles for JOOP, Embedded Systems Programming, etc. and is involved with the TOOLS conference (http://www.tools-conferences.com/). You also might get contact the Ada Resource Association for the same kind of help, or other ideas about the best way to publicize your story. They can also put you in touch with writers who could co-author something with you if you don't feel up to writing an article yourself. What kind of application / industry sector are you in? Are the naysayers still grumbling, or are they saying "I guess Ada isn't so bad after all", or are they saying "whew, I'm really glad we went with Ada?" Some quotes from people that were against Ada before would be great. What about the "problem" that "nobody uses Ada?" Has there been any negative impact from that at all, financially or otherwise? Or was that really nothing more than a Chicken Little argument? How hard is to find excellent engineers who are willing to learn Ada, and how expensive is it to train them? That kind of stuff... Interested! -- mark Mark Lundquist Rational Software Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.