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,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5f8432149982f35e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-11-02 21:34:50 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <8r1i82$ri3$1@kujawiak.man.lodz.pl> <8r5pe5$h70$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8FCDFD7EEnopenopena@63.209.170.206> <39EA6305.CD5CFE1F@ix.netcom.com> <39EA9161.6469DDE2@home.com> <39EB1BA2.B5F2BFDF@acm.org> <39EB283A.9F7B4F76@motorola.com> <39EB662D.F2C8B55B@acm.org> <8sg6g2$eur$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A024909.4DEC49AA@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: CMM in outside software (was Re: Ada and QNX) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 05:34:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.215.75.221 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 973229689 216.215.75.221 (Thu, 02 Nov 2000 23:34:49 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 23:34:49 CST Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1739 Date: 2000-11-03T05:34:49+00:00 List-Id: "Robert I. Eachus" wrote in message news:3A024909.4DEC49AA@earthlink.net... : (This grew from an endorsement of Robert Dewar's idea into a rant on the : shortsightedness of American corporate management, in the guise of a : discussion of designing CPU chips.) : : Robert Dewar wrote: : > : > What arguments would impress management. Well try this on : > for size "Ada will help you achieve level 3 CMM more rapidly : > and realiably". I suspect this is definitely true, and I could : > (and have) written papers to support this, but I would be : > interested in other people's viewpoints. There's a tecnical : > advantage that definitely WOULD play in some circles. Our company process (which was rated at SW-CMM level 4 last year) makes no recommendations as to source language, and in fact the projects included in the formal assessment used a variety of languages. Ada could potentially assist in performing SW-CMM level 5 optimizing activities, however.