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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newspeer1.nac.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!gandalf.srv.welterde.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!loke.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: PR while it's hot: Rosetta/Philae is in Ada Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:37:36 -0600 Organization: Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 24-196-82-226.static.mdsn.wi.charter.com X-Trace: loke.gir.dk 1415835458 31414 24.196.82.226 (12 Nov 2014 23:37:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:37:38 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Xref: number.nntp.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:190503 Date: 2014-11-12T17:37:36-06:00 List-Id: Interestingly, I can't find anywhere in that paper that actually says that they chose Ada for the project, even though it's implied in several places. They explain the process for chosing a language, but not the actual choice. It seems that the sentence or paragraph explaining the programming language choice is missing from 3.6. Silly. Randy. "J-P. Rosen" wrote in message news:m402ah$h1l$1@dont-email.me... > An extraordinary result of the Ada/HOOD combination! For the > justification of this choice, see: > > http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1997ESASP.409..133D > > And tell your friends (an enemys too! ;-) ) > -- > J-P. Rosen > Adalog > 2 rue du Docteur Lombard, 92441 Issy-les-Moulineaux CEDEX > Tel: +33 1 45 29 21 52, Fax: +33 1 45 29 25 00 > http://www.adalog.fr