The reason for ERAM success (Score 2, Informative)

I am Oliver E Cole, the president of OC Systems ([e-mail]). The Ada compiler and associated tools used by ERAM is PowerAda, done by OC Systems. We have worked closely over a number of years with the ERAM project and its predecessors. Yup, they are using Ada because of all its robustness and features, but they also have a good mature software development process. Part of a muture process is choosing the right language and tools for the job. Sometimes php is the right choice, sometimes C, C++ and sometimes Ada. For a project like Air Traffic Control (very long lived, high quality) a strong argument can be made for Ada. Ada catches a lot of errors "automatically" and is designed for big systems.