Re: Is the "Ada mandate" being reconsidered?

[stt@henning.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft)]

Howard Dodson (hddodson@probe.net) wrote:
: At the Software Technology Conference held in Salt Lake City last month,
: one of the speakers (Col. Chadwick, USMC) said that a committee was
: being formed, including Dr. Barry Boehm, to consider whether Ada should
: be a mandate for software development for the DoD, and that their 
: findings were due in October '96.  

: Does anyone know any more about this committee or have any background
: as to what its charter is?  

For public information on this committee, see:

    http://www2.nas.edu/cstbweb/

under "Work in Progress" (or cstbweb/2252.html if you want to go there
directly).

: ... How do its findings affect whether future
: DoD software projects must be developed in Ada?

The committee will make recommendations; the DoD will 
decide how to act on them.

: Any information about this committee would be greatly appreciated.

In general, the committee is very informed about Ada;
the above web site includes a list of the committee members.

: Howard Dodson
: Unisys Corporation
: 10843 Old Mill Road
: Omaha, NE  68144

: Telephone:  (402) 334-4080

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