[MichaelGG]

>expanded their pool of potential programmers

Is that true? I'd think that the main requirements would be experience, intelligence, security clearance, probably familiarity with avionics.

Any good programmer worth working on such a project should be able to switch languages.

I'd hope it's not like some corporate web site that just needs the programming equivalent of warm bodies.

[HeyLaughingBoy]

"Should" does not imply "wants to."

I could switch to COBOL in probably a couple weeks, but you'd have to pay me multiples of my current salary to do so for any length of time.

[cobrausn]

Considering the number of job postings I've seen where they want N+ years of experience, I'd say it's easier to find that in C++ than Ada if they do that.