Re: Boeing and Dreamliner

[Mark Lorenzen <mark.lorenzen@ofir.dk>]

Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com> writes:

> For Boeing the question should be, "How much will it cost to develop
> S/W to safely fly hundreds of people in language X?" Ada still has a
> tremendous advantage in that kind of situation. Achieving the
> necessary reliability in most other languages, including C++, is
> significantly more expensive than in Ada. Add to that the added cost
> of adding C++ to existing Ada code, compared to doing the new code in
> Ada, and the business decision should still point to Ada.
> 

But the infamous: "But, we can't find any Ada programmers..."
argument still sits in its dark and damp corner of a manager's office
and just waits to be spoken out loud. Sadly.

And now C++ is used for JSF. So the "If C++ is good enough for the
worlds most expensive and advanged figther jet, then it surely is good
enough for a civilian passenger jet" argument will also be used.

We live in sad times.

- Mark