"We did not have enough time to do a thorough analysis. The languages
arrived at WHMI on February 21 and were on my desk on February 22.
To insure the analysis is on your desk by March 13, we have to mail our
report on March 8. That gives us fourteen days (counting weekends) to
read the languages and work on the analysis. Figure two days to read and
understand a language. We have used eight days. Another three days are
used to write a report and solicit comments, and one day is lost typing.
That leaves two days to analyze the four languages. Even if we had a
thousand computer scientists doing the analysis, we could have only
scratched the surface of these designs. Two hundred and seventy women
can not have a baby in a day."
kevlar700 · 9h ago
Interestingly Co-Pilot gets it wrong and states Ada was designed by committees instead of being multiple competitive processes. How misunderstood Ada is.
The High Order Language Working Group came up with the requirements.
kevlar700 · 3h ago
True but it was far more open than a committee. The STRAWMAN requirements were circulated widely for comment to industry, military, federal and academic communities and to select experts such as Dijkstra and Hoare. Then WOODENMAN circulated for comment after incorporating changes based on STRAWMANS responses.
askvictor · 7h ago
How funny, I was just talking about and researching Ada at work this afternoon, while discussing what the best language for safety critical embedded systems would be
"We did not have enough time to do a thorough analysis. The languages arrived at WHMI on February 21 and were on my desk on February 22. To insure the analysis is on your desk by March 13, we have to mail our report on March 8. That gives us fourteen days (counting weekends) to read the languages and work on the analysis. Figure two days to read and understand a language. We have used eight days. Another three days are used to write a report and solicit comments, and one day is lost typing. That leaves two days to analyze the four languages. Even if we had a thousand computer scientists doing the analysis, we could have only scratched the surface of these designs. Two hundred and seventy women can not have a baby in a day."
https://copilot.microsoft.com/shares/Jp9AmNHMEJzNmcbiu1VNx
https://copilot.microsoft.com/shares/vUjdaDh4mXvj1fm4cyt15
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Order_Language_Working_...
The High Order Language Working Group came up with the requirements.