Re: Anyone out there using Ada ?

On Apr 30, 10:40 am, Chris H <ch...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In message
<9fb2b6e2-be85-4b86-a46a-9c479903f...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mike
Silva <snarflem...@xxxxxxxxx> writes

On Apr 30, 9:19 am, John McCabe <j...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Just as a matter of interest really.

If you're using it on a MIPS device I'd be even more interested :-)

Thanks
John

If you don't get much back on this group the comp.lang.ada people
should be happy to give you their experiences.  I'd like the chance to
use Ada in an embedded project - the tasking is really appealing,
among other attractions.  Maybe someday when C and associated
languages are finally outlawed by enlightened societies as the hazards
to life and limb that they are... :)

The use of C on safety related projects is increasing whist the use of
Ada is decreasing.

However, it is the process that is more important than the language.

I know, and IMO that's a sign that the inmates are running the
asylum. Or, to quote one author (http://brinch-hansen.net/papers/
1999b.pdf)

"The 1980s will probably be remembered as the decade in which
programmers took a gigantic step backwards by switching from
secure Pascal-like languages to insecure C-like languages. I have
no rational explanation for this trend."

As for process vs. language, it's not an either-or situation. Use the
right process AND the right language.

Mike
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