[OneWingedShark]

The working copy of the proposal is here; it is a public, world-viewable, world-commentable PDF hosted on google-drive.

[OneWingedShark]

Could I get a tech ping for this?
Thank you.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Ada is still around???

[Steely Tom]

Ada?

Ada was an idea who's time was over before its specifications were finalized.

[ClearCase_guy]

While I'm not necessarily against anything new in the language, OS or IDE realm, I think it's pretty clear that we do already have tools that function. We just don't know what to do with the tools we have -- or, if we know, we do not act on the knowledge.

I've seen so many crap RFPs go out, and so many poorly written (and ever-changing) requirements. The problem isn't that we aren't using enough ADA -- the problem is that the people in charge of program management are generally fools.

Cutting to the chase: most DoD technology projects are basically treated as jobs programs -- "I need to spend $1B ... how can I do that? Who owes me a favor? Who do I owe? Let's create an empire and start writing checks!!"

The purpose of the program is quite incidental, and everyone knows that by the time the thing fails (most of 'em do) the people who set the ball rolling will be long gone and working on some other "next great thing".

[backwoods-engineer]

I’ve paid my dues writing Ada code. I am glad that part of my life is far, FAR behind me. What a horrible language. Generics? Give me a break.

[KoRn]

I’m a little surprised with the name, given how Squid is the name of a very well known open source Web Proxy Server that has been around for years.