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- From: alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
- Subject: Re: IBM & Air Traffic Control
- Keywords: Big Screwup
- Message-ID: <62793@mimsy.umd.edu>
- Date: 12 Dec 92 20:01:08 GMT
- References: <1992Dec12.002523.27592@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
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- Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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- In article <1992Dec12.002523.27592@beaver.cs.washington.edu> pattis@cs.washington.edu (Richard Pattis) writes:
- > Anyone know more about the project. I thought the air traffic control stuff was
- > being done "mostly" in Ada; if not, anyone know what language was used. Even
- > better, anyone know what is "really" behind the delay.
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- Everyone I've ever talked to about that project was horrified - sure its being
- done in Ada, but on IBM hardware with IBM management and IBM engineering.
- In the early days, I was told their coding standards even forbade private types,
- talk about the last thing you want to do on a large complex system.
- It sounds like this was a disaster before they ever got to code.
- Though you're right it doesnt help Ada. (What do you think Ted?) (just kidding)
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- Plan on taking the train for a few years after they introduce this thing.
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