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From: Warren <ve3wwg@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Advice on selling Ada to a C shop
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Ludovic Brenta expounded in news:87631dmdmz.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org:
> Georg Bauhaus writes on comp.lang.ada:
>> On 6/20/10 8:06 PM, Ludovic Brenta wrote:
>>
>>>> Unless you can come up with a programming platform/language/system
>>>> that costs you less right now, in people, in hardware, in software,
>>>> you have the snowball's chance in Hell of making it happen. Good
>>>> doesn't matter, cheap wins every time.
...
> The trap to avoid is to use rational arguments with irrational people.
> That does not work; they always find another excuse.  If they were
> rational, you would not have to convince them; they would already be
> using Ada :)
> 
> So, I think the proper approach is to debunk their irrational fears of
> Ada and expose the real cost of bugs in the C software, which they have
> been ignoring up to now.  Show them that no, C is not "good enough".

So maybe the proof of concept project should be an
AVR controller for some sort of life support machine
(a simulation with a real micro-controller).

The challenge winners (C or Ada teams), will be the
ones who survive a few days on that machine. ;-)

Warren