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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,5f529c91be2ac930 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-09 10:37:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: softeng3456@netscape.net (soft-eng) Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died) Date: 9 May 2003 10:37:04 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <9fa75d42.0305090937.2bbe1238@posting.google.com> References: <9fa75d42.0304230424.10612b1a@posting.google.com> <3EA7E0E3.8020407@crs4.it> <9fa75d42.0304240950.45114a39@posting.google.com> <4a885870.0304291909.300765f@posting.google.com> <416273D61ACF7FEF.82C1D1AC17296926.FF0BFD4934A03813@lp.airnews.net> <9fa75d42.0305010621.55e99deb@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 32.97.239.17 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1052501824 29519 127.0.0.1 (9 May 2003 17:37:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 May 2003 17:37:04 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.java.advocacy:63411 comp.object:63108 comp.lang.ada:37120 Date: 2003-05-09T17:37:04+00:00 List-Id: "Marin David Condic" wrote in message news:... > "competent" and most had many years of experience, but still, the language > made a difference to the bottom line. My competitors are still using C. I > say "Good for them!" My improved productivity and reduced defects translates If you can indeed have improved productivity and reduced defects, it stands to reason that your competitor will not be doing very well versus you! Bottom lines do count. If time after time it so happened that people using Ada out-competed the ones using C, others would start taking notice. But in fact time after time it has failed to happen, and the only successful cases in Ada usage come from the situations where it was mandated and no competition existed at all, and money was no object. If you have a business like that, sure, use whatever language you like. Otherwise, it might be worthwhile looking carefully at situation, and not just basing things on a study or two. Studies, in general, can prove all kinds of amazingly interesting things. Sometimes even six before breakfast.