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- From: "Matthew M. Lih" <lih@venice.sedd.trw.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 12:50:15 -0800
- Organization: TRW Data Technologies Division
- Message-ID: <312B8587.129A@venice.sedd.trw.com>
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- Ed Franks wrote:
-
- > >(potentially) store data into the code currently in memory. Ada isn't the
- > only
- > >language designed for high reliability (Java and Eiffel leap to mind), but if
- > I
- > >were a satellite project manager I would certainly prefer it to C or C++.
- >
- > Yes, but you are not. Meanwhile, the software for the Mission Control Center
- > (MOC) at NASA Johnson Space Center is being rewritten in C++, not ADA.
-
- My initial reaction to this piece of news is: Great. Another technical decision
- from the same people who brought you frozen O-rings.
-
- However, trying to keep an open mind, does anyone know what the justification
- for this was?
-
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- Matthew M. Lih
- Software Lead, SAIN Project
- TRW Enterprise Solutions
-