Re: employment with ada

["Marin David Condic" <mcondic.auntie.spam@acm.org>]

Well, in fairness, remember that the DoD types have to deal with programs
that are going to run on for perhaps 30 or more years. They have to be
concerned about things like long-term viability and without a huge installed
base of users at the moment, Ada looks weaker in this regard than does
something like C. They don't want to be stuck out there in 10 years looking
for support for a language and not finding it. Many DoD types are still
looking at systems developed with Jovial and these days its hard to find
anyone who still knows that Jovial is a programming language, much less
knows how to use it or supports it with a compiler.

OTOH, remember that most software doesn't live this long and so it is less
risky for many projects to select a niche language. It means that Ada is a
"safe" choice for many projects and can be considered for lots of
development jobs within a company. Look to build things in Ada wherever
possible and then when the big ticket items like the JSF come along, the
responsible parties will feel safer in selecting Ada.

MDC

DPH <rally2xs@compuserve.com> wrote in message
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>
> I understand it.  I hate it, but I understand it.  The road to Ada, in
> 2003, now leads to a garbage pit.
>
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