I guess the question then becomes "How much failure is marketable?" I don't think it's just you. There's a lot of emphasis on safety critical, maybe we need to include basic reliability also. Banking, utilities, and communication systems may not fit the typical "safety" slot, but they are just as critical to our modern life as planes staying in the air or keeping trains on track. If those don't seem like a safety threat think of sitting in a dark cold house with a dead phone line trying to dial 911 because you're having a heart attack (induced by your bank losing your life savings and then charging you a $15 overdraft fee!) Granted, this won't happen to may people but it makes the point that we are very dependent on these modern systems. The Y2K problem is educating a lot of people about how dependent they are on computers/software. They are terrified! We can't say that Ada would have prevented the problem, but Y2K can be used as a spring board to show how important it is to have reliable (Ada!) software in our everyday lives. Any tools (Ada!) that help to achieve that end would be seen as valuable. Good enough isn't, when it's your money, your job, your family, or your life. My $0.02 John T Apa L-3 CSW >-----Original Message----- >From: Jerry van Dijk [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Monday, December 14, 1998 3:43 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Choose Ada flyer > >> 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 ? > >regards, >Jerry.