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From: gwinn@res.ray.com (Joe Gwinn)
Subject: Re: Is the "Ada mandate" being reconsidered?
Date: 1996/07/10
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In article <4rrrvg$j9b@rational.rational.com>, rlk@rational.com (Bob
Kitzberger) wrote:

> Joe Gwinn (gwinn@res.ray.com) wrote:
> 
> : That said, on (for instance) FAA jobs, where the allowed languages now
> : range all the way from ANSI C to C++  [...]
> 
> This seems to imply that Ada is not 'allowed' on FAA projects.
> I'm having a hard time believing that's true...

I'm not just implying it, I'm saying it right out loud, based on the last
couple of FAA jobs I have been involved in bidding on.  I have read the
actual FAA RFPs; they are quite clear.  They list ANSI C and C++ as the
only allowed choices.  Ada is nowhere mentioned, a sharp contrast with
previous FAA RFPs, which mandated Ada.

Joe Gwinn