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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,eac8d804189288a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-11 16:46:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Silicon Valley techies suit up Army with sleeker gear Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 10:33:58 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3C6724A4.7000307@worldnet.att.net> <3C675F89.2BC474E@adaworks.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1013441639 23952 136.170.200.133 (11 Feb 2002 15:33:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Feb 2002 15:33:59 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19889 Date: 2002-02-11T15:33:59+00:00 List-Id: Just a side-bar on this one. It can often be extremely difficult and costly to change a language version on an existing DoD system - depending on exactly what the nature of the systems is. If the system has really high reliability requirements and expensive testing/verification needs, you can easily get to the point where you can't even accept a later release of the same compiler you are using. So it isn't always fair to pick on a contractor for not jumping to accept Ada95. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Richard Riehle" wrote in message news:3C675F89.2BC474E@adaworks.com... > job they were supposed to do. Also, the "old government programming > language" was probably Ada 83, not Ada 95. I am often amazed to see how > many DoD contractors have still avoided upgrading their software > development processes to Ada 95 and still use Ada 83. >