From: adaworks@netcom.com (AdaWorks)
Subject: Re: Ada policy enforcement
Date: 1996/03/27
Date: 1996-03-27T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <adaworksDowprI.DL1@netcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: EACHUS.96Mar25184603@spectre.mitre.org
Robert I. Eachus (eachus@spectre.mitre.org) wrote:
: The original goal of the HOLWG was to cut the number of languages
: that the DoD was paying to maintain compilers, tools, and classes for.
: The numbers ranged from about 800 to over 1000 depending on how you
: counted...
[snip, snip, snip]
: Now taking this larger view, trying to eliminate C totally is a
: waste of the government's time. (And is in no sense a goal.
Good point.
We have a customer that has a lot of old Fortran programs that work
well, and have worked well for a long time. I believe that mature
software that works is often better than new software that has not
stood the test of time regardless of what language was use to write it.
ONe benefit of the new Ada standard is its hospitality toward this
existing source code through pragma Import, pragma Export, and
Annex B.
It may not be good ecology to engage in a policy of clear-cutting
old-growth software.
Richard Riehle
adaworks@netcom.com
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1996-03-18 0:00 ` Ada policy enforcement Richard Pitre
1996-03-21 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-03-21 0:00 ` Richard Pitre
1996-03-22 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1996-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-03-28 0:00 ` Richard Pitre
1996-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1996-03-22 0:00 ` Richard Pitre
1996-03-23 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-03-28 0:00 ` Richard Pitre
1996-03-28 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-03-29 0:00 ` Richard Pitre
1996-03-29 0:00 ` David Weller
1996-03-25 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-03-27 0:00 ` AdaWorks [this message]
1996-03-25 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-03-23 0:00 ` AdaWorks
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