billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 ) (11/16/89)
>> [...] There is the August 21 89 issue of Government Computer News >> describing the problems which the huge FAA Advanced Automation System is >> having due to IBM Ada implementations and tools (or lack thereof). Apparently IBM has now changed its tune; its recent brochure entitled "Ada and IBM... Capability and Committment" states: IBM is committed to Ada. Ada's support for modern software engineering concepts, its breadth of application, and its support for reuseable software components place it squarely in the forefront as a language of choice for both IBM's software engineers and for IBM's customers. Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu
lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin) (11/20/89)
billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu wrote: > [...] "Ada and IBM... Capability and Committment" states: > IBM is committed to Ada. Ada's support for modern software > engineering concepts, its breadth of application, and its > support for reuseable software components place it squarely > in the forefront as a language of choice for both IBM's > software engineers and for IBM's customers. No doubt the simple elegance of Ada appealed to IBM, depite their well-known dislike of such small languages. Lee :-) -- Liam R. Quin, Unixsys (UK) Ltd [note: not an employee of "sq" - a visitor!] lee@sq.com (Whilst visiting Canada from England) lee@anduk.co.uk (Upon my return to England at Christmas)
billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 ) (11/20/89)
From lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin): >> [...] "Ada and IBM... Capability and Committment" states: >> IBM is committed to Ada. Ada's support for modern software >> engineering concepts, its breadth of application, and its >> support for reuseable software components place it squarely >> in the forefront as a language of choice for both IBM's >> software engineers and for IBM's customers. > > No doubt the simple elegance of Ada appealed to IBM Actually, it's rather surprising, since their background has largely consisted of primitive languages which offer little or no support for the software engineering process. It's good to see IBM finally recognizing this major advance in software engineering technology. Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu
lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin) (11/26/89)
[I wrote] >> No doubt the simple elegance of Ada appealed to IBM [Bill Wolf wrote] > Actually, it's rather surprising, since their background has > largely consisted of primitive languages which offer little > or no support for the software engineering process. It's good > to see IBM finally recognizing this major advance in software > engineering technology. Uh, did I leave off the :-) signs? I was not being serious. Let's not start religious Ada vs. <whatever> quarrels. [mail me if you absolutely must, I'll try not to take EXCEPTION :-)]. Lee -- Liam R. Quin, Unixsys (UK) Ltd [note: not an employee of "sq" - a visitor!] lee@sq.com (Whilst visiting Canada from England, until Christmas) Software engineering is largely a philosophy, a state of mind.
kcr@netxdev.DHL.COM (Ken Ritchie) (11/26/89)
Recapping: IBM has elected to pursue Ada, surprising some folks(?) :-) C'mon folks... doesn't anybody KNOW about IBM? This had to be a MARKET DRIVEN decision, since IBM (by their own assertion) IS MARKET DRIVEN! The attractiveness of the smiling Countess ;-) (dear Ada) can be only a secondary persuasion. There's going to be a *BOOM* in Ada-based BUSINESS (i.e. $$) and IBM's obvious intention is to be right where the action is!! 8-) DISCLAIMER: I'm opinionated, who isn't? _______________________________________________________________________________ Ken Ritchie (d/b/a KCR) Usenet: ...!uunet!netxcom!netxdev!kcr c/o NetExpress Communications, Inc. FAX/office: USA (703) 749-2375