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: buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 07:47:33 -0500 From: Dennis Lee Bieber Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: If not Ada, what else... Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 08:47:34 -0400 Organization: IISS Elusive Unicorn Message-ID: References: <40184feb-4053-4ac3-8eaa-c3bd9cd8a77c@googlegroups.com> <10272577-945f-4682-85bc-8ad47f3653ae@googlegroups.com> <4ae21218-2148-434b-8acc-162f1cce594f@googlegroups.com> <874ml0yv84.fsf@jester.gateway.sonic.net> <87wpxvyhle.fsf@jester.gateway.sonic.net> <87egk2ybvq.fsf@jester.gateway.sonic.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 X-No-Archive: YES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.79.217.115 X-Trace: sv3-04tao9M3rSctys0pwgEpVRg7XqWvv9W8MLn7hNua4Yf+EBuub5jQNSEoiRhGwtAHGBILG+gsB+RpHne!gvi3+pQbVencSZrlZwh2I2IkXPc4pnv+MjXJBgyV7NAHE7nXiu1lnTSK01cX5hhdwaXHSTlINPYq!mOpV9+shUW08OaRTOryLEfPgyyk5 X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Xref: number.nntp.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:194236 Date: 2015-07-21T08:47:34-04:00 List-Id: On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 07:43:11 +0200, "J-P. Rosen" declaimed the following: >Le 20/07/2015 19:31, Paul Rubin a écrit : >> Thanks. I now wonder if Ada 2012 has gotten much uptake from the >> traditional big users. I would have thought so since it's a real >> improvement over older versions, but I understand how critical-systems >> users might be more technologically conservative than internet startups >> for example. Maybe they're all still using Ada 2005 or Ada 95 and plan >> to stay with it. > >Airbus D&S (previously EADS) announced during the Ada-Europe conference >in Madrid that the software for the Ariane 6 rocket would be developped >in Ada 2012, with intensive use of contracts. Ah... wanting to avoid a repeat of the Ariane-5 fiasco? -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/