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=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,563d1b715d872ad1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-06 18:51:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!drn From: Jim44. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: why? US Army Ada software converted to C++? Date: 6 Oct 2001 18:16:48 -0700 Organization: Newsguy News Service [http://newsguy.com] Message-ID: <9poae00fap@drn.newsguy.com> References: <9pnumq02o3u@drn.newsguy.com> <061020011935502631%demery@cox.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-020.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: Direct Read News 2.90 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13845 Date: 2001-10-06T18:16:48-07:00 List-Id: In article <061020011935502631%demery@cox.rr.com>, David says... > >One of the most common reasons I hear for contractors moving from Ada is >that they can't find Ada programmers. They are probably not trying hard enough. But this notion of asking for an 'X' programmer, is really funny. It is like a taxi company asking for drivers who know how to drive a buick only. As if someone who has been driving a cadilac or any other car could not learn how to drive a buick. So, those C++ programmers they are asking to hire (to teach Ada how to convert the code to C++ :), could not themselves learn to program in Ada? >My own hypothesis is that they're >not willing to pay enough. Actually Ada pays the least of all the programming languages I know about. I look at job wanted ads for programmers, and Ada rates and salaries are always the lowest (never understood wht that is). So, in a away, asking for a C++ programmers will actually cost more in terms of salaries (C++ will not accept the low salaries of Ada programmers), and it also cost more in terms of software defects. Is anyone in the defense department awake anymore? How could such a waste of tax payers money go on and no one does anything about it?