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: controlnews3.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> <40B8D9DC.9050005@noplace.com> Message-ID: From: "Ed Falis" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Opera M2/7.50 (Linux, build 673) Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 18:58:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.154.127.60 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny03.gnilink.net 1085857094 141.154.127.60 (Sat, 29 May 2004 14:58:14 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 14:58:14 EDT Xref: controlnews3.google.com comp.lang.ada:918 Date: 2004-05-29T18:58:14+00:00 List-Id: On Sat, 29 May 2004 18:44:11 GMT, Marin David Condic wrote: > Sure. I know there is Ada in the 7E7 and elsewhere for that matter. Ada > is still in use, but companies are going down other routes. If we want > Ada to be used widely in the future, we have to go out there and get it > into projects ourselves. The best (and probably *only*) way that is > going to happen is because Ada believers are sufficiently convinced of > its superior profitability to be willing to start companies that make > something that utilizes Ada. It ain't gonna happen if we wait for the > C++ advocates to finally see the sweet light of reason. Looks like somebody already done that on 7E7.