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_40 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 28 Jul 93 01:25:54 GMT From: world!srctran@uunet.uu.net (Gregory Aharonian) Subject: Re: Office Naval Research seemingly not interested in Ada Message-ID: List-Id: >Bottom line: ONR/ARPA/DoD labs engage in research -- personal preference >is as good a criteria as any for language selection in many research >projects. Who cares? The result of the research independent of these >"details" is the important part. No! No! No! The Ada Mandate applies to all DoD software activities, INCLUDING RESEARCH. A stupid application of the Mandate, but the Mandate is a law of the land. Personal preference is irrelevant, under the current terms of the Mandate. If you want a more realistic approach, as advocated by Admiral Tuttle, fine, have Congress pass a new version of the Mandate with all of these exceptions explicitly worded. But until then, any DoD software research not done in Ada (for any reason other than cost-effectiveness which only occasionally is true) is a violation of a federal law. This makes the DoD the largest criminal (in the misdemeanor sense) organization in the country, based on current non-Ada use. It amazes me the number of uniform-types inside the DoD who have no idea that the Mandate applies to everything, including research and MIS stuff. I am constantly getting private email from uniform-types 'correcting' me on this issue. An educational campaign is needed real soon. -- ************************************************************************** Greg Aharonian Source Translation & Optimization P.O. Box 404, Belmont, MA 02178