From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 2 Dec 92 04:02:03 GMT From: noc.near.net!mv!world!srctran@uunet.uu.net (Gregory Aharonian) Subject: Re: Open Systems closed to Ada? Message-ID: List-Id: [.....................] >Even those who profess to like C++ think its greatest feature is backwards >compatibility with C. Backwards compatibility is a concept that translates poorly into the defense world. In the real world, companies can't afford to write off the investment it has in existing software and programmers (companies don't have the tax dollar till to constantly dip into), nor can companies ignore the supply of programmers and software tools in the marketplace that it draws from (again unlike the DoD, which has tax dollars to develop tools (like STARS) and programmers whenever it feels like it). In fact, the very "backwards compatibility" which you seem to be making fun of is what will probably prevent Ada from establishing any significant role in the commercial marketplace. C++ and Object Oriented Cobol (which even I think is strange) aren't as nice as Ada, but they are backward compatible. Greg Aharonian -- ************************************************************************** Greg Aharonian Source Translation & Optimiztion P.O. Box 404, Belmont, MA 02178