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  1. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
  2. Path: netcom.com!tgm
  3. From: tgm@netcom.com (Thomas G. McWilliams)
  4. Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
  5. Message-ID: <tgmDnC3AM.MEv@netcom.com>
  6. Followup-To: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
  7. Organization: Jot-Em Down Store and Library
  8. X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1]
  9. References: <4etcmm$lpd@nova.dimensional.com> <4f4ptt$a1c@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4g1b7n$l5@mailhub.scitec.com.au> <JSA.96Feb16135027@organon.com> <4gaa6l$8mk@post.gsfc.nasa.gov> <4gd94r$isu@mack.rt66.com> <312B8587.129A@venice.sedd.trw.com> <312C98A8.6E14@escmail.orl.mmc.com>
  10. Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 13:39:57 GMT
  11. Sender: tgm@netcom6.netcom.com
  12.  
  13. Ted Dennison (dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com) wrote:
  14. :  Matthew M. Lih wrote:
  15. :   > My initial reaction to this piece of news is: Great. Another technical decision
  16. :   > from the same people who brought you frozen O-rings.
  17. : 
  18. : Morton-Thyocol?
  19.  
  20. For the record, it was NASA administrators who pushed for the
  21. Challenger launch. The engineers and contractors were overruled in
  22. their efforts to scrub the launch.
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