Certainly changing due to lack of compiler support or due to a need
for new features is worthwhile in particular circumstances.  My concern
was that something not be portrayed on a public list as "inaappropriate"
just because it uses Ada83.

Some of the most troublesome software my friends encounter is painful
precisely because people decided to change languages rather than train
programmers (neither language is Ada, and neither language is much
better than the other aside from the issue of programmer availability).

Larry Kilgallen

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>It is when its being redesigned in Ada95 instead of c\c++. A decision
>was made to redesign code in Ada95 to get the increased support from
>tools and compiler vendors. I think that's a success when a decision
>like that is made. They could have just as easily have chosen to
>redesign in c\c++.
>
>Perhaps my use of "moved" was not quite accurate, I should have said
>redesigned. But in any case the decision to purchase Ada95
>tools/training and migrate towards it shows a longer term commitment
>than using a 6 year old unsupported Ada83 compiler just because it's
>cheaper and still Ada.
>
>John Apa
>L-3 CSW
>
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>[log in to unmask] (John Apa) quoted and then wrote:
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>>Boeing Commercial Aircraft Avionics. # 4
>>Airbus Commercial Aircraft Avionics. # 5
>>Plus Business Class Jet Avionics. # 6
>>
>>The above are still Ada83, but I believe that plans are still
>underway
>>to move them to Ada95.
>
>Moving something that works to Ada95 is not a benefit in and of
>itself.
>
>Larry Kilgallen
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