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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5faad1722103f6a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!nwrdny03.gnilink.net.POSTED!c2bfcbcf!not-for-mail Subject: Re: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <90Stc.15309$be.3117@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> <40b86431$0$186$edfadb0f@dread11.news.tele.dk> <40B888E0.5040707@noplace.com> <40B8C86A.3050302@noplace.com> <40BE6BFD.8030305@noplace.com> <40BF141F.8020001@noplace.com> From: "Ed Falis" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera M2/7.50 (Win32, build 3778) Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 12:33:12 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.154.38.111 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny03.gnilink.net 1086265992 141.154.38.111 (Thu, 03 Jun 2004 08:33:12 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 08:33:12 EDT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1069 Date: 2004-06-03T12:33:12+00:00 List-Id: On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 12:06:26 GMT, Marin David Condic wrote: > So Ed, I'd guess I'd say to you that I know that Ada is being used in > the 7E7 and elsewhere and I'm really glad that it has some market there. > I'd like to see it have more of a market so it has long-term survival > and prosperity prospects. But this thread got started with a complaint > about how another stupid program manager went and picked C++ and it got > me on my soapbox. Its time for people who believe in Ada's superiority > to quit complaining about other people's choices and actually start > *doing* something with it that builds real-world products that sell and > make money. I understand all your points. The reason I came back at you is that this program is an example of Ada being used for all the right reasons, from both a technical and a cost/value management perspective. Rather than acknowledging that "someone" must have done the groundwork, over a long period of time, to help achieve that success, you ignored it and went back on the soapbox. It's sort of like having a teacher who raps your knuckles for only getting a 99 on the test - after a while, you just tune out. - Ed