Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!gatech!mcnc!duke!sam.cs.olemiss.edu!candy.cs.olemiss.edu!hcc From: hcc@candy.cs.olemiss.edu (Conrad Cunningham) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: Language Use Keywords: C,Ada,Pascal,C++,Other? Message-ID: <1991Mar19.135625.8162@cs.olemiss.edu> Date: 19 Mar 91 13:56:25 GMT References: <1150@ra.MsState.Edu> <1991Mar17.012524.9090@agate.berkeley.edu> <12103@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: news@cs.olemiss.edu Distribution: comp Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science Lines: 14 In article <12103@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> kemnitz@hermes.Berkeley.EDU (Greg Kemnitz) writes:> > have been driven through - the statement that ADA was unnecessary if it was > too expensive and not "mission critical" (ie F-16 flight control software). I don't know which version of the F-16 is being referenced here. The A/B versions of the F-16 were done in the mid-to-late 1970's when Ada was still some military bureaucrat's dream; the C/D versions were done in the early 1980's before reliable production quality Ada compilers were available for the required target machines and before Ada was required. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H. Conrad Cunningham | Dept. of Computer & Info. Sci., Univ. of Mississippi Tel: (601) 232-5358 | 302 Weir Hall, University, MS 38677 U.S.A. Fax: (601) 232-7010 | Email: cunningham@cs.olemiss.edu