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=2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c:26895 comp.lang.misc:4449 comp.lang.ada:3453 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!cs!schweige From: schweige@cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADAwars Keywords: hate, venom, evildoers Message-ID: <940@cs.nps.navy.mil> Date: 14 Mar 90 16:17:00 GMT References: <1495@mdbs.UUCP> <1990Mar14.061135.25490@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Reply-To: schweige@cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger) Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA List-Id: In article <1990Mar14.061135.25490@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> srg@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Steven R Gerber) writes: >FLAME ON !!! (Remember The FF) >Ada get the F??? outta here. If the damn lang were half of what the DOD >purports it to be, Star Wars (space weapons etc. not Lucas Mania) would >be finished and perfect. See how well it works? Steve - While I think that the "my computer language is better than your computer" wars are starting to be a bit too much, I also think your comment to be somewhat inappropriate, and certainly not conducive to productive discussions. The 'jury will be still out' for quite a while as to how well Ada works. My personal observations from three years in command and control systems planning work for Navy, is that is at least "half of what the DOD purports it to be" as you stated above, if not a great deal more so. Until a couple of years ago, most Navy tactical systems I was aware of were coded in assembler, FORTRAN, CMS-2 and BASIC. Ada may have even reached the "Fleet" in an operational system before C did. Both C and Ada have their uses, applications and places, and I expect both languages to be in use for a long time. As a programmer, I will choose Ada for certain programs and C for others (and I have programmed in both). Jeff Schweiger -- ******************************************************************************* Jeff Schweiger CompuServe: 74236,1645 Standard Disclaimer ARPAnet (Defense Data Network): schweige@cs.nps.navy.mil *******************************************************************************