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,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,103b407e8b68350b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-02 16:08:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Anybody in US using ADA ? One silly idea.. Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 16:07:02 -0800 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1041552483 28413 137.194.161.2 (3 Jan 2003 00:08:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 00:08:03 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: X-Envelope-From: rleif@rleif.com X-Envelope-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <3E147D79.2070703@cogeco.ca> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32464 Date: 2003-01-02T16:07:02-08:00 This is what Microsoft would do. All one needs to do is to employ XML = syntax and Ada semantics. It will be both very verbose and sexy. If we model it after SPARK, we can hype it as a new marvel of software engineering. A = good name would be XML#.=20 Bob Leif -----Original Message----- From: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org = [mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org] On Behalf Of Warren W. Gay VE3WWG Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 9:57 AM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: Anybody in US using ADA ? One silly idea.. Marin David Condic wrote: > I believe Pratt & Whitney is still using Ada for engine controls. At = least > some of them. As one who is working on the engines for the JSF, I can = tell > you that those controls are still in Ada - for the time being. (Don't = know > what will happen when they go into full scale development.) >=20 > Its a shame to see that many in the DoD arena are abandoning Ada = because > "Everybody else is using C++". In this area, Ada does not tend to = suffer so > much from lack of large libraries or other development enhancers since > hardware is often custom built and/or software development is not the = long > pole in the tent. Here Ada's faster development time and reduced = defect > characteristics can truly stand out. I'm afraid I don't know how to overcome > the "follow the crowd" mentality here. ... Maybe what needs to be done is to form a brand new committee, to design a spashy new language that basically implements the same features, with similar syntax (but not too obviously). Then give it a splashy new name after a popular young female (no programmer experience required), and call it something like "Shania". Make sure it gets included in .Net, and have the Universities preach about it and.. world domination! ;-) Just a thought. --=20 Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg