From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 11 Dec 92 21:04:44 GMT From: agate!stanford.edu!kronos.arc.nasa.gov!butch!iscnvx!news@ucbvax.Berkeley. EDU Subject: Re: Open Systems closed to Ada? Message-ID: <92346.46129.LJ10891@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> List-Id: Fred, I lost count of the number of times you used the word "mandate" in your last post, but I gather that this is a pet peeve of yours. In all seriousness, your implication that no one would use a non-validated Ada compiler, and therefore such a compiler has no value, seems suspect to me. If you would briefly grant me the assumption that the mandate was being successfully enforced, would you agree with the statement that "No one can use any 'C' compiler, therefore 'C' compilers are useless"? I doubt it. I disagree with the Ada mandate; however, when all is said and done, the DoD is just one software customer. I doubt there's a large market for Macintosh software at IBM. It hasn't kept Mac programmers from peddling their wares elsewhere. If the DoD chooses to freeze THEIR technology for eleven years at a pop, IT'S THEIR CHOICE (and, IMHO, one whose wisdom has yet to be established).