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=3.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, UNRESOLVED_TEMPLATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e78cd4d2f63ceea4,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-31 20:11:48 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!paladin.american.edu!auvm!EUROCONTROL.DE!wel Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: <9412311231.AA10291@eurocontrol.de> Date: Sat, 31 Dec 1994 13:31:10 +0100 Sender: Ada programming language From: Bob Wells #402 Subject: Evaporating Jovial Comments: To: INFO-ADA%NDSUVM1.BITNET@vm.gmd.de Date: 1994-12-31T13:31:10+01:00 List-Id: G'day, I have just been reading an article called "Aging Airways," by Gary Stix, from the May 1994 issue of Scientific American and there is a quote in the article that I was intrigued with. I quote: "Maintenance is becoming a black art. Parts are scarce. Old equipment has to be cannibalized. Many of the technicians and support staff who were schooled in the subtleties of 1960s vintage computers are retiring and have not been replaced. 'There are very few programmers still competent in Jovial," says Heinz Erzberger of the NASA Ames Research Center, referring to a virtually extinct programming language used on some of the air-traffic mainframes." Is this true? Is there virtually no Jovial now being done? BTW Happy New Year to everyone! @ ----------------- @ //// ----- ( Flammkuchen?!?! ) @ (o o) ----------------- @ ----oOO--(_)--OOo-------------------------------------------------------- Bob Wells "Hey! Who took the cork out of my lunch??!" -- W. C. Fields @ INTERNET: wel@eurocontrol.de CompuServe: 100272,3004 @ The Ada WWW Server is http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada/ Team Ada @ For exciting Ada info enter 'finger wel@s4ecawel.eurocontrol.de'