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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,fc52c633190162e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: not NASA Ada coding standard References: <1172144043.746296.44680@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> <1172161751.573558.24140@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <546qkhF1tr7dtU1@mid.individual.net> <5ZULh.48$YL5.40@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net> <1175215906.645110.217810@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> <1175230352.808212.15550@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> <1175236212.771445.135460@y66g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <1175308871.266257.77460@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> From: Markus E Leypold Organization: N/A Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:44:08 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Some cool user agent (SCUG) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Wck5P68ZxaY8mvacSWzxSpCVknw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.72.206.149 X-Trace: news.arcor-ip.de 1175355428 88.72.206.149 (31 Mar 2007 17:37:08 +0200) X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor-ip.de Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!news2.euro.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!news.unit0.net!newsfeed.arcor-ip.de!news.arcor-ip.de!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14702 Date: 2007-03-31T17:44:08+02:00 List-Id: Stephen Leake writes: > "jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net" writes: > >> The corresponding Ada coding standard is found at >> http://software.gsfc.nasa.gov/AssetsApproved/PA2.4.1.1.1.pdf > > Putting on my NASA hat, I must point out that those standards are > _not_ NASA-wide standards, but Goddard flight software standards. > Goddard is only one of many NASA centers, and the flight software > group at Goddard is a small part of the Goddard software community. > > And in fact, my group, consisting of 5 programmers, is the only group > following those standards. Things on the web are not always what they > seem :). > > There is a slightly more up-to-date version on my project website: > http://fsw.gsfc.nasa.gov/gds/gds_internal.html > > Enforcement of the standard is accomplished partly by using GNAT and > Emacs, but mostly by me reading _all_ of the code, as it is checked > into CVS. And it is well known, that review is the most effective QA measure anyway: So it _is_ useful to read (or better let read) the code before chacking in to the main code base. Which also gives another 2-cent contribution to this thread: Reviewing against a small number of rules is of course less error prone (and does cost less) than reviewing against a huge number of rules. And furthermore reviews are easier if the language is readable (a plus for Ada and its generics, a minus for C++ and templates in my eyes). I think this is one up for Ada here. Regards -- Markus