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: 103376,2cfb9497fbc094e5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-05 21:53:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news-peer-europe.sprintlink.net!news.stupi.se!newsfeed1.ulv.nextra.no!nextra.com!uio.no!newsfeed.song.fi!nntp.inet.fi!central.inet.fi!inet.fi!read2.inet.fi.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Anders Wirzenius" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Recommendations:GIS program in Ada X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Message-ID: <8xWd9.16$gj7.1922@read2.inet.fi> Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 04:53:24 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.251.142.2 X-Trace: read2.inet.fi 1031288004 194.251.142.2 (Fri, 06 Sep 2002 07:53:24 EET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 07:53:24 EET DST Organization: Sonera corp Internet services Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28756 Date: 2002-09-06T04:53:24+00:00 List-Id: Eric G. Miller wrote in message ... >Why would you care if the software was written in Ada? It's not likely >any of the vendors would give you access to their source anyway. Because that is one way to promote Ada. Perhaps that makes the vendors review their production technology, who knows. You may also require Ada as a guarantee that the product quality passes some quality level requirements, regardless of how excessive the vendor's product testing procedures are. If you buy a wedding ring you probably want it to be of gold regardless of what coating and finishing the ring has? Anders Wirzenius