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From: Duke Normandin <dukeofperl@ml1.net>
Subject: Re: Ada noob here! Is Ada widely used?
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On 2010-05-23, Jeffrey R. Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org> wrote:
> Bruno Le Hyaric wrote:
>> 
>> One question, why did Lockheed Martin choose C++ for avionics software
>> on the JSF aircraft project?
>
> Money.
>
> Most US Defense project contracts are set up so the contractor makes more money 
> the more the project costs. A poor but "popular" language choice, lots of 
> coders, and no SW engineers is one way to drive the cost up and make more money. 
> Defense contractors have maximizing the profit down to a fine art.
>

That's outright scary when you ponder all the implications. So much for
using the "right tool, for a particular task".  Greed, greed, and more greed
is what is putting us at at risk in this embedded computer age. 
Toilet-flushing software may not matter much, but the various automated
systems used in a modern transportation should be above greed's narsty reach
- but apparently not.
-- 
Duke
*** Tolerance becomes a crime, when applied to evil [Thomas Mann] ***