Re: Ada used in General Aviation (GA) applications?

[Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.org>]

Bernd.Specht@gmx.com (Bernd Specht) writes:

> Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler <nntp-2004-05@t-domaingrabbing.de> wrote in 
> news:bu76a05mpq39k8ouqo56ojgnct6g35ugug@jellix.jlfencey.com:
> 
> > Bernd Specht wrote:
> > 
> >>Whats about the time to get familiar with the new language?
> > 
> > Well, that takes longer (just like in C). But it's a parallel process.
> > You can do that while already writing code.
> 
> Don't forget, the employees are real C-guys. You can't brainwash them at one 
> afternoon.

And don't forget that this is just a wrong argument! When it comes to Ada you
always hear "Well it takes time and money to leard a new langauge". Now let me
ask some questions :

   - What was the cost of learning C++ ?
   - What was the cost of learning Java/JSP/EJB/.../.../... ?
   - What was (will be) the cost of learning C# and .NET ?
   - What will be the cost of learning the next-super-mega-over-cool-language ?

I've never heard these arguments for other language that Ada, does it
really cost nothing ?

Pascal.

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