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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, LOTS_OF_MONEY,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,3d3f20d31be1c33a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,3d3f20d31be1c33a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: "Dennis Weldy" Subject: Re: Is ADA as good for graphics programming as C? Date: 1997/07/21 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 258043296 References: <01bc94e1$46912100$53aa20cc@default> X-MimeOle: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.0912.0 Organization: Intergraph Reply-To: "Dennis Weldy" Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-07-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Thats not quite correct. There WAS a mandate, and you DID have to get a waiver to use non-ada code. When I was working for a defense contractor on a network-simulation project, we had to get a waiver because the proect was not going to be done in Ada,rather, Pascal. Recently, they've done away with the mandates and waivers, but they existed for a long time. Dennis Matthew Heaney wrote in article ... >In article <01bc94e1$46912100$53aa20cc@default>, "Douglas A. Gwyn" > wrote: > >>By the way, I am not taking sides in the subject debate, other than to >>point out that the choice of language may often be rationally influenced >>by factors other than purely linguistic considerations. For example, Ada >>might be chosen by a DoD embedded systems provider simply because >>getting a waiver is too difficult, while C might be chosen for another >>project >>simply because C compilers and programmers are easier to obtain. > >First of all, there is no waiver policy, because there is no mandate. Ada >is a good enough language that it doesn't require one. > >Read Emmett Page's Official Letter: > > > >Second of all, Ada might be chosen by a DoD embedded systems provider >because the developers think it is the best language for the job, not >because they are required to use Ada (which they aren't). Indeed, many >commercial organizations use Ada, by choice. > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >Matthew Heaney >Software Development Consultant > >(818) 985-1271 >. >