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=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ec3b1a84cab8fc8a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-06 04:13:31 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!128.39.3.168!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: randhol+abuse@pvv.org (Preben Randhol) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada and the NMD Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 11:13:30 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3B970152.4AC6C6E3@PublicPropertySoftware.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 999774810 7393 129.241.83.82 (6 Sep 2001 11:13:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 11:13:30 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.1 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12788 Date: 2001-09-06T11:13:30+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 05 Sep 2001 21:53:38 -0700, Al Christians wrote: > For all the commiseration about insufficient interest at large in > Ada, there is a development looming that could possibly remedy that > in a single stroke: the National Missile Defense plan. This is a > system so preposterous that one can only think about doing it with > absurdly great software. Is Ada the way to go for such a grandiose > project? Is anyone lobbying to make Ada the "Official Programming > Language of the NMD"? Why or why not? If the software for this The problem with this Star Wars project is that it does not have a good reputation outside of USA. Neither do Mr Bush for that matter. One of the new things I read is that the missiles, if shot down, will fall over Europe. Not something we are very happy about I might say... So as I see it it won't be good PR for Ada to be connected to NMD. Just see how people try to use the Ariane case to blame Ada. Preben Randhol