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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,591b9ff7dafb1d92 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: stt@houdini.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft) Subject: Re: Boeing 777 and Ada Date: 1999/01/20 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 434865342 Sender: news@inmet.camb.inmet.com (USENET news) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: houdini.camb.inmet.com References: <36A60858.473227E9@pwfl.com> Organization: Intermetrics, Inc. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-01-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic (condicma@bogon.pwfl.com) wrote: : Werner Pachler wrote: : > a couple of days ago somebody mentioned that most (or all?) of the Boeing's : > software is written in Ada. Can somebody provide more details, such as : > how much lines of code, how much modules, what systems, what : > operating system/hardware used, etc.? : > (Or where i can find this information!). : > : I believe I was the one who mentioned the Boeing 777 - or at least one : of the mentioners. The Ada Information Clearinghouse used to have this : sort of success story on-line, but they went out of business. Check this : URL as a starting point: : http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us/AdaIC/ Please *don't* check this site -- it is pretty much dead now. However, the Ada Information Clearinghouse is alive and well (sponsored by the Ada Resource Association), and they even have a decent URL now: http://www.adaic.org/ : Somewhere on that web page you might find links which will lead you to : the Boeing "Ada Success Story" On this new adaic site, you should have no problem finding success stories. : See also: : http://www.adahome.com/ : Look in the "Ammunition" department. I found these links there: : http://www.adahome.com/Ammo/Success/cranehy.html : http://www.adahome.com/Ammo/Success/sunstra.html : This is probably not the comprehensive story. You may want to try : contacting Boeing directly or finding their web page... : MDC : -- : Marin David Condic : United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney, Large Military Engines : ... -- -Tucker Taft stt@averstar.com http://www.averstar.com/~stt/ Technical Director, Distributed IT Solutions (www.averstar.com/tools) AverStar (formerly Intermetrics, Inc.) Burlington, MA USA