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: 103376,3a4656a5edc0dab4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.moat.net!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada used in General Aviation (GA) applications? References: From: I R T Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Rational FORTRAN, windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:v35oobqOO5prqCzpxJA8NnoHZbQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 09:30:54 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.239.63 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1086514254 144.132.239.63 (Sun, 06 Jun 2004 19:30:54 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 19:30:54 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1153 Date: 2004-06-06T09:30:54+00:00 List-Id: "Kai Glaesner" writes: > With companies like Garmin bringing state-of-the-art avionics down to > affordable levels it wont take long until a "glass-cockpit" becomes standard > in GA. > > Now I wonder about what role Ada plays and will play in this business > segment. I hope it's a big one but anyone out there who knows (or can make > serious guess)? No, there seem to be two approaches: 1. C / C++ 2. Proprietory languages like LUSTRE LUSTRE seems popular in Europe. "Verimag is mainly involved in the development of the synchronous language LUSTRE, which is the core language of the industrial environment SCADE, developped by Esterel-Technologies, and used, in particular by: Airbus, for the onboard software of Airbus A340/600 and A380. Schneider-Electric, for nuclear power plant control software. " "Choice of Airbus, Audi, Dassault Aviation, Eurocopter, General Motors, Hispano-Suiza, Pratt & Whitney, Rockwell Collins, STMicroelectronics, and Texas Instruments. "Correct-by-construction design is the only practical solution to the problems strangling the productivity of embedded software and electronic systems developers ." http://www.esterel-technologies.com/v3/?id=38513