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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-09 01:02:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!148.122.208.68!news2.oke.nextra.no!nextra.com!uninett.no!not-for-mail From: Reinert Korsnes Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: is Ada dying? Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 10:02:10 +0200 Organization: UNINETT news service Message-ID: <9puauo$la8$1@snipp.uninett.no> References: <9pqfub02cho@drn.newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sthrkou.ffi.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: snipp.uninett.no 1002614552 21832 193.156.99.159 (9 Oct 2001 08:02:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@uninett.no User-Agent: KNode/0.4 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13991 Date: 2001-10-09T10:02:10+02:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote: > In article <9pqfub02cho@drn.newsguy.com>, robert@* says... >>much simpler and easier (and you do not have to work on a bomb to code in >>them). > > BTW: I *never* worked on any weapon system in 13 years of Ada development. > I did turn *down* one job offer in part due to the fact that it was for > bombs. So they are indeed out there. Of course people don't talk about > that kind of work much, but the impression I get is that Ada is mostly > used to help *save* lives. For example, it is used a lot in the commercial Sometimes, to make bombs precise and relyable can save life ? At least combined with effective information service/treatment. And smart bombs can be small ? At least, I believe, massive destruction bombs to grill cities do not need to be precise :-) reinert > aviation industry; in air traffic control, nuclear power plant control, > passenger train switching, etc. I believe its also has a fair presence in > bio-medical devices. > > I suppose people are free to use any crappy fly-by-night language that > strikes their fancy for most work. But if *lives* are at stake, you want > to use Ada. > > --- > T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html > > No trees were killed in the sending of this message. > However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > -- http://home.chello.no/~rkorsnes