> Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:28:46 +1000 > From: Alan E & Carmel J Brain <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Choose Ada flyer > To: [log in to unmask] > > Jerry van Dijk wrote: > > > > > When your software has to fly... > > > Choose Ada. > > > > > > Ada is the language of the International Space Station, Boeing jets, > > > world-wide Air Traffic Control, and the French TGV high-speed train. > > > > etc. > > > > My first impression is: obviously a great language for safety critical > > applications. We do not build safety critical applications, so... we > > stick to C++ (or JAVA, or...) > > > > Does anyone else get the same impression or is this just me again ? > > I got the same impresssion. We need something like.... > > When you need software On Time and Under Budget > Choose Ada > > Programmer productivity in Ada is at least as high as > other OOP languages such as C++. You get more Function Points > per Dollar, less Re-Testing, Higher Reusability. > Robust, Industrial-strength Compilers are cheap (some are > Copyleft Free) and you don't need a million expensive tools > for bounds checking - the compiler does that for you > > And that means a better bottom line. > > > -- > [log in to unmask] <> <> How doth the little Crocodile > | Alan & Carmel Brain| xxxxx Improve his shining tail? > | Canberra Australia | xxxxxHxHxxxxxx _MMMMMMMMM_MMMMMMMMM > [log in to unmask] o OO*O^^^^O*OO o oo oo oo oo > By pulling MAERKLIN Wagons, in 1/220 Scale So, is it pushing it too much to say... Better, faster, cheaper... With Ada, you don't have to choose. P.S. Norby "No excuses. No embarrasment. No apologies... Ada -- the most trusted and powerful programming language on earth, or in space." -- S. Tucker Taft \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ ( :) ( :) ( :) ( :) ( :) ( :) ( :) ( :) ( :) /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// (Speaking only for myself)