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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,325c54deb91283fd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-23 08:52:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!freenix!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Ada in Iraq Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 08:51:15 -0700 Organization: ENST, France Message-ID: Reply-To: "comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway" NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1051113142 21614 137.194.161.2 (23 Apr 2003 15:52:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:52:22 +0000 (UTC) To: "'comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway'" Return-Path: X-Envelope-From: rleif@rleif.com X-Envelope-To: X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 11.0.4920 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcMJojuxrhTEMvYgQDWik7/4zV9yAAADSL6w X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36413 Date: 2003-04-23T08:51:15-07:00 It might give us good publicity! The present success of military technology has good connotations for decision makers. The compliment of this question is what languages were used for those very distressing occasions when the coalition hit the wrong targets? Bob Leif -----Original Message----- From: Preben Randhol [mailto:randhol+news@pvv.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 3:52 AM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Russ wrote: > I have a question for someone with extensive knowledge of military > software. What percentage of the military equipment used in the recent > war in Iraq was programmed in Ada? Why? -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/