> ..... implemented good 70s level Fortran and
> Cobol system designs using Ada syntax. ......
You could easily add C and perhaps other to that list. Sometimes they used
the syntax of their "native" language as far as the Ada compiler would let them.
if (a = b) then ...
I even saw a system where someone "complied" with the mandate by writing a
package that allowed all his other packages to look like LISP even though
they were acceptable by an Ada compiler.
> .... a 10GB data mart that uses Ada direct_io very flexibly
> and cost effectively both as a multi-dimensional datacube and as a data
> mining engine.
Have you written something up for the "success stories" at HBAP or
elsewhere? Or would you rather keep your competitive advantage obscure? :-)