Re: Embedded Ada Development Tools

["John R. Strohm" <strohm@airmail.net>]

Jason, every company that has actually TRIED training programmers to use Ada
has learned that it is not at all difficult, and that a good programmer very
quickly becomes productive in Ada.

When Boeing mandated Ada for the 777, every subcontractor in the country
screamed bloody murder.  Boeing insisted.  None of them wanted to lose out
on the biggest contract they would see for a long time, with the biggest
airplane manufacturer in the world, that carried the certain knowledge that
whoever took this job WOULD get the follow-on work for the NEXT airplane,
and the rules would probably be the same next time around.  They all toed
the line.

They ALL came in on time and in budget.  Despite training costs.  Despite,
in at least one case, having to scrap a bunch of already-completed work and
start over from scratch.

Furthermore, when the companies really, seriously, did the metrics
collection and looked at the results, they learned that Ada saved them time
and money.  The best example is the Pratt & Whitney experience, for which
Marin David Condic is the knowledgeable individual who was in the trenches
at the time.

"Jason Gerry" <jgerry11@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:e8a5e1a4.0206060519.ce12ba@posting.google.com...
> I agree with most of the information posted.... and.... not to start a
> flame war or anything,  but could you imagine doing embedded Ada
> development within a small project team, and the ada developer was to
> leave the company..... Yikes! ... I understand Ada is easier to
> maintain, but you still need someone off the street who is adept at
> embedded systems programming and Ada coding.... It would keep me up at
> night.
>
>
> Jason Gerry