Re: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics

["Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>]

Pascal Obry wrote:
> Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com> writes:
>>Mostly, its because I think it is a complete waste of time to look at jobs
>>going to C++ and opine over how they rightly should be done in Ada. What are
>>we doing to get Ada *into* those jobs? 
...
> That's not so easy. I've seen lot of project managers chosing C++ even if
> they knew that Ada was cheaper/safer. As I said that's not so easy... This is
> political, choising a technology that everybody uses can't be something that
> we'll be reproached to you if the project is not on schedule/budget!

It is an even tougher sell on the business side, where it
is rarely seen (I know that it is used in business, but
perhaps more on the European continent). When I once tried
promoting it, the studies/findings about Ada results
didn't matter. I got the quiet in the hall hushed remarks
such as "Couldn't you suggest something a little more
main stream?  Ada?  Is there nothing more modern that
you would recommend? Can you still hire people
that use this Ada?"  With responses/questions like
these, you know that your chances are going to be slim,
at best. Eventually, the project never materialized,
but I found it interesting to measure the responses.

The problem may be more prevalent in Canada. There
seems to be a low awareness level of what Ada is, let
alone knowing anyone who uses it. If you are considering
buying a strange brand of car for example, people like
the comfort of knowing someone that owns it (even if
from afar). Within Toronto, I think only XWave
has been known to offer Ada jobs, for testing
of flight systems (IIRC).

If the Ada position is lower paying as well, then guess
what wins the order of the day for the programming
career choice!
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Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg