Re: NOACE- End of the road for Ada?

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"Marin David Condic" <nobody@noplace.com> wrote in message
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> adaworks@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> >
> > "The horror!  The horror!"
> >
> I appreciate the reference to one of my favorite movies. :-)
>
The movie lifted the quotation from a book called "Heart of Darkness"
by Joseph Conrad.  If you enjoyed the movie, you'll love the book.

>
> The point being that if we quit worrying about the DoD and quit thinking
> strictly in terms of software development tools (although it is
> important to have them) and START thinking in terms of "How could I
> deploy this technology in building a BETTER end product in my field of
> expertise that might have a marketable future?" we might see Ada find
> some productive niches and we might see more Ada jobs created. Perhaps
> eventually the DoD would come back and rediscover their own language.
>
I agree completely.   The DoD officials involved in the language process have
demonstrated an amazing level of stupidity in this regard, and the contractors
are not much better. It is time for people who understand the benefits of
Ada to simply choose it for their own projects.

Still, I have this nagging feeling.   It comes from the realization that I want
to send our troops to war with the very best tools and equipment;  tools
and equipment that is build using the best software we can provide.  And I
am uncomfortable with the use of the C family of languages for doing
that.  So, for me, it is not so simple.

Richard Riehle