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_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2220470ae0236c0a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-30 10:09:21 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!news.bu.edu!inmet!dsd!stt From: stt@dsd.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft) Subject: Re: Original source for MIL-STD-SDD requested Message-ID: Sender: news@inmet.camb.inmet.com Organization: Intermetrics, Inc. References: <362jr5$rfv@newsbf01.news.aol.com> <780608664snx@dpscon.uucp.netcom.com> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 10:54:34 GMT Date: 1994-09-30T10:54:34+00:00 List-Id: In article <780608664snx@dpscon.uucp.netcom.com>, Billy O'Connor wrote: > ... >I know this is rather vague, but does anyone know the content of the Perry >memo, and how it affects Mil-Stds in general, and the Ada Mandate in >particular? The Perry memo recommends adopting commercial standards rather than Mil-Stds, where feasible. However, Ada is already a commercial standard, and as clarified explicitly in a follow-up memo from E. Paige, the Ada Mandate is very much still in force. Paige also mentions the connections with Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS), where the policy is that you don't have to build it if you can buy it COTS (with commercial maintenance!), but if you have to build it, Ada is the language to use. >Billy O'Connor email: billyoc@netcom.com >Boston area OS/2 consultant CIS: 74021,530 -Tucker Taft stt@inmet.com Intermetrics, Inc.