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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-08 10:34:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <9pqfub02cho@drn.newsguy.com> Subject: Re: is Ada dying? Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 13:33:37 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 17:33:37 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13949 Date: 2001-10-08T17:33:37+00:00 List-Id: In article <9pqfub02cho@drn.newsguy.com>, robert@* says... >much simpler and easier (and you do not have to work on a bomb to code in >them). BTW: I *never* worked on any weapon system in 13 years of Ada development. I did turn *down* one job offer in part due to the fact that it was for bombs. So they are indeed out there. Of course people don't talk about that kind of work much, but the impression I get is that Ada is mostly used to help *save* lives. For example, it is used a lot in the commercial aviation industry; in air traffic control, nuclear power plant control, passenger train switching, etc. I believe its also has a fair presence in bio-medical devices. I suppose people are free to use any crappy fly-by-night language that strikes their fancy for most work. But if *lives* are at stake, you want to use Ada. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.