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From: Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lmtas.lmco.com>
Subject: Re: long term viability of Ada
Date: 1996/09/21
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DeanNelson wrote:
> 
> IMHO,
> 
> It'll take a lot more than 5-10 years to flush out the Ada out of all of
> the DoD computers. It'll be here for a long time, although, maybe not as
> "popular" as C/C++, but maybe on level of Fortran (in 10-20 years though).

In particular, it will be hard to "flush out" Ada, given that _new_ Ada
keeps entering the DoD computers all of the time. Even if you discount upgrades 
to current-generation weapon systems (e.g. F-16 Modular Mission Computer), and 
weapon systems just now getting ready to enter service (e.g. F-22), there's still 
new weapon systems just beginning development that are planning to use Ada. See, 
for example:

  http://www.jast.mil/jacdd.html

to get a document describing the use of Ada on the Joint Strike Fighter program.

> 
> Dean Nelson
> Lockheed Martin
> Las Vegas, Nv

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