Re: An Ada Advice Inquiry

[<adaworks@sbcglobal.net>]

Stephen,

Thanks.  I think the Ariane V mishap has created a lot
of misunderstanding regarding Ada.   It did not help that
some people, in an effort to promote alternative language
options,  published incorrect explanations of what happened,
and false hopes about what could have been done differently.

As of now, Ariane V seems to be doing just fine.  Anyone
know differently?

People making engineering decisions need to understand the
difference between using the right toolset correctly, versus using
the wrong toolset.    For this kind of project, Ada is likely to
be the right language tool, but we continue to see people making
decisions in favor of inferior languages such as C++.

I don't know what idiot decided to use C++ instead of Ada on
JSF.   That was a decision of monumental stupidity.   I guess we
have to put up with this kind of thing when ignorance is so widespread
about the options.

Richard Riehle

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"Stephen Leake" <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> wrote in message 
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> <adaworks@sbcglobal.net> writes:
>
>>> I can understand needing to be able to rely on Ada compilers/tools
>>> being available in the future, and on being able to find people
>>> trained in Ada.
>>>
>>> Surveying available third party packages is harder. I have not even
>>> tried in my field; hard real-time satellite simulation.
>>>
>> Is your organization creating satellite software in Ada?
>
> Unfortunately, no. They keep claiming they want to improve
> productivity, but they don't seem to believe that choosing a language
> is an option.
>
>> Are you at liberty to identify what company you are with
>
> NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
>
>> and what kind of satellites you are developing using Ada for the
>> software?
>
> My team uses Ada; we develop simulators for testing satellite software
> before launch.
>
> I hope that eventually, enough people will have rotated thru my team
> that some flight software team will seriously consider using Ada. It
> could happen!
>
> -- 
> -- Stephe