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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8c8bbb1419c8e81a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) Subject: Re: Waiver question Date: 1997/04/20 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 236276073 References: <33585385.C8D@lmtas.lmco.com> Organization: New York University Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-04-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Ken said << * DSP engineers would rather program in C++ than Ada, since it makes them more valuable in the larger commericial marker. As a result, there is much higher attrition when DSP engineers are required to program in Ada, and so the development cost is higher. * Most DSP tools are for C/C++. The number of DSP tools for Ada will shrink, given that the DoD has decided not to mandate Ada anymore. * Most existing DSP code is in C/C++. Therefore, reuse is easier if the new code is also written in C++. >> The first argument seems pretty bogus to me -- Ken, is this just a guess, or is it based on informal ancedotal experience (if so I have anecdotes to refute it), or is it based on hard data -- if the latter, ;et's see the data. The second argument is also speculative. From where I sit it seems likely to be quite wrong. Again, you need data to back his up. The third argument is the only relevant one to consider, and here the issue is solely whether there are good Ada tools that can interface to the existing C/C++ code that is to be reused. I think that's the only real issue. Rather than make bogus generalizations about DSP's as a class. The proper issue is to look at the very specific circcumstances. given the DSP or DSP's to be chosen, what Ada tools are available, or could be made available, and how well would they work? A waiver is reasonable or not depending on the answer to this question! Remember here that TI recently voted with significant $$$ in their confidence in the viability and importance of Ada on DSP's. I find tthat more convincing than Ken's dataless speculations!