Hrrmm, I happen to think that the DoD doesn't requires Ada-usage nowadays. What they requires is strong quality assurance. If the contractor chooses to write the s/w in Ada,C or Common Lisp isn't really DoD's business.
It exists other reasons why programmers chose to use C/C++/Jave like :
1 somewhat easier to get another work
2 not to have to face drivel from the C/C++/Java crowd.
3 managers could be more comfortable with C - less risk for getting flak from the personnel.
I think that saying should be attributed to uncle Joe (Stalin) and he said:
Every country has an army, its own or someone else.
PS I think the Saudis can agree about that nowadays...
DS
Wrong. At the time Boeing and the subcontractors started design work DoD had already stopped enforcing the mandate. Boeing and its subcontractors chose to use Ada because it to them made sense.
Download GtkAda and GVD sometime , will you?
You are gonna need gtk+ 1.2.12 though.
And oh yes gnat is wholly written in Ada95.
Ada is a multipurpose language designed with an eye towards maintainability and supports for working in a hard physical environment ie real-time control systems.
But, Ada isn't useless for writing an editor and allow you to do so in an orderly manner.
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Hrrmm, I happen to think that the DoD doesn't requires Ada-usage nowadays. What they requires is strong quality assurance. If the contractor chooses to write the s/w in Ada,C or Common Lisp isn't really DoD's business. It exists other reasons why programmers chose to use C/C++/Jave like : 1 somewhat easier to get another work 2 not to have to face drivel from the C/C++/Java crowd. 3 managers could be more comfortable with C - less risk for getting flak from the personnel.
Not really true. At the time that the Ada competition was started the US military used : COBOL FORTRAN in different version APL PL/1 C probably
I think that saying should be attributed to uncle Joe (Stalin) and he said: Every country has an army, its own or someone else. PS I think the Saudis can agree about that nowadays... DS
Wrong. At the time Boeing and the subcontractors started design work DoD had already stopped enforcing the mandate. Boeing and its subcontractors chose to use Ada because it to them made sense.
Download GtkAda and GVD sometime , will you? You are gonna need gtk+ 1.2.12 though. And oh yes gnat is wholly written in Ada95. Ada is a multipurpose language designed with an eye towards maintainability and supports for working in a hard physical environment ie real-time control systems. But, Ada isn't useless for writing an editor and allow you to do so in an orderly manner.