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-Thread: 103376,7bb826ef912955b6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!wns14feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s22.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: state of Ada / Paige memo References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.201.97.213 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mchsi.com X-Trace: attbi_s22 1188448234 12.201.97.213 (Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:30:34 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:30:34 GMT Organization: AT&T ASP.att.net Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:30:34 GMT Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:1600 Date: 2007-08-30T04:30:34+00:00 List-Id: Ed Falis wrote: > By the way, how many of the "overall life cycle cost analyses" > recommended by the memo to decide the right language do you think > actually happened in more than a desultory fashion? I'm not aware of > any, and I've worked for Ada vendors for the last 25 years. The fact that this requirement is not enforced is the true evidence of the DOD's attitude towards Ada and SW eng in general. -- Jeff Carter "Don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love." Annie Hall 45