Re: Is the "Ada mandate" being reconsidered?

[bbalfour@std.caci.com (Brad Balfour)]

In article <4s38g3$f8n@felix.seas.gwu.edu>, mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael
Feldman) wrote:
[snip]
>A couple of years ago, the Thomson/CSF VP for ATC systems wrote that
>he found it unimaginable for his company or his competitors to _not_ use
>Ada for ATC. Thomson/CSF was, at that time, cranking out ATC systems
>for Europe, Asia, and Africa, seemingly like cookies with a cookie
>cutter. In that same article, published unfortunately in a trade
>periodical I have not been able to track down, he listed _very high_
>reuse rates (> 80%) from one contry's system to the next.

Well, that article you remember (which I don't have) is likely to be an
update to the article by Pierre Andriebet, Director of ATC software
development Thomson-CSF/DSC (phone 33.1.4094.3214) entitled, "Cost
Effectiveness of Using Ada in Air Traffic Control Systems", published in
Ada: Experiences and Prospects, Proceedings of the Ada-Europe
International Conference Dublin 12-14 June 1990 ed. Barry Lynch.

FWIW, there is a table in that article showing that by the 4th ATC system
(Pakistan), they achieved a 79% reusability ratio.

I hope this helps.

Thanks,
Brad

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