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,bbba36730ac96f9a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: heatwole@his.com (Kevin D. Heatwole) Subject: Re: Gov't, non-DoD use of Ada Date: 1996/09/11 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 179949184 references: <4vnlgn$mko@uuneo.neosoft.com> <50p6ldINNall@faatcrl.faa.gov> content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 organization: Heller Information Services, Inc. mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-09-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: gwinn@res.ray.com (Joe Gwinn) wrote: >The FAA no longer permits Ada on new procurements, subsequent to the AAS >debacle. It isn't often one gets to waste $6 billion. Only ANSI C and >C++ are permitted, except where existing systems are being modified. >There was a newsgroup debate on the wisdom of this decision, but the FAA >has in fact backed away from Ada. > >Joe Gwinn I just couldn't hardly believe that this statement was true, so I asked around. According to my sources, there is no FAA-wide directive against the use of Ada. In fact, the FAA Enroute program manager had a 3-month or so task force of various companies/consultants involved in the enroute world. The purpose was to establish a direction for enroute programs. The result, from what I have been able to tell, is that the Enroute FAA programs have recommended Ada 95 as the first choice of languages, with C++ a possibility if there emerges a clear industry standard. This "direction" on what language to use was not the main focus of the task force, but apparently Ada more than held up against C++ (although there were some very vocal members of the task force that originally argued for C++). Of course, it remains to be seen if this recommendation will have any actual impact on future enroute work. I would love to see you followup with more information supporting your statements. If such a prejudice against Ada exists within the FAA, I want to know about it. Kevin Heatwole OC Systems, Inc.