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From: David Kristola <David95037@See-My.Sig>
Subject: Re: Do we need "Mission-Critical" software? Was: What to Do?
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 2:41:49 -0800
Date: 2001-01-10T02:41:49-08:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <01HW.B6817C6D0007BC9B078EC71C@news.pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 93fpth$697$1@nnrp1.deja.com

On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:48:03 -0800, Robert Dewar wrote
(in message <93fpth$697$1@nnrp1.deja.com>):

> True, but very likely they were not around when the x86 was invented either, 
> and actually Jovial was still in active use as recently as ten years ago (I 
> think JUG was still meeting that late -- surely someone here will fill in 
> the date -- certainly I talked at a couple of JUG meetings). The fact that 
> something was important in the past should not act as an absolutely barrier 
> to you knowing something about it :-)

There are fully functioning satellites in orbit around the Earth right 
now with flight software written in JOVIAL.  They should be operational 
for many years to come.  And while they are, their flight software will 
be maintained here on the ground by JOVIAL (and hopefully jovial) 
software engineers.


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-01-10 10:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 184+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-12-31 16:09 What to Do? Petra Lynn Hofman
2000-12-31 16:58 ` Robert Dewar
2000-12-31 17:41   ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-01 15:24     ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-01 17:18       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-02 15:05         ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-01 17:54       ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-02 15:14         ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-01 21:22       ` Lao Xiao Hai
2001-01-01 15:15   ` Marin David Condic
2000-12-31 18:06 ` E. Robert Tisdale
2000-12-31 21:07   ` tmoran
2001-01-01 16:10   ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-01 17:08     ` Ehud Lamm
2001-01-01 17:53       ` Do we need "Mission-Critical" software? Was: " Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2001-01-01 18:29         ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-01 20:25           ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-02 19:03             ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-02 20:22               ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-02 22:23               ` Florian Weimer
2001-01-02 22:27               ` Florian Weimer
2001-01-01 20:26           ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-02 19:05             ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-02 20:24               ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-02 22:53                 ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-03 18:39           ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-01-03 19:22             ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-04  1:18               ` Cesar Scarpini Rabak
2001-01-01 19:28         ` Ehud Lamm
2001-01-02 14:56         ` Cesar Scarpini Rabak
2001-01-03  3:32           ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2001-01-04  1:02             ` Cesar Scarpini Rabak
2001-01-04  3:53               ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2001-01-04 12:04               ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-04 13:48                 ` Marc A. Criley
2001-01-06 20:23                   ` Lao Xiao Hai
2001-01-04 17:09                 ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-04 20:30                   ` Kevin Rigotti
2001-01-05  9:15                     ` n_brunot
2001-01-05  9:57                       ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2001-01-05 10:41                         ` n_brunot
2001-01-05 13:41                       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-05 14:15                         ` n_brunot
2001-01-06 17:17                           ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-08  8:51                             ` n_brunot
2001-01-09  4:00                               ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-09 10:20                                 ` n_brunot
2001-01-09 12:34                                   ` Karel Thoenissen
2001-01-09 14:18                                   ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-09 15:29                                     ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2001-01-09 19:25                                     ` tmoran
2001-01-09 20:11                                     ` Florian Weimer
2001-01-09 14:20                                   ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-10  2:08                                 ` Keith Thompson
     [not found]                               ` <93e2d1$spv$1@ <3A5B054B.3CF03325@hello.nl>
2001-01-09 22:05                                 ` Simon Wright
2001-01-05 15:35                         ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2001-01-05 19:20                           ` Object naming conventions (was: Do we need "Mission-Critical" software?) Kevin Rigotti
2001-01-06 17:30                             ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-06 17:24                           ` Do we need "Mission-Critical" software? Was: What to Do? Robert Dewar
2001-01-08  9:14                             ` n_brunot
2001-01-09  0:28                               ` Cesar Scarpini Rabak
2001-01-09  8:35                                 ` Florian Weimer
2001-01-10  2:21                                 ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-09  2:34                               ` DuckE
2001-01-09  4:12                               ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-09  9:12                                 ` n_brunot
2001-01-09 12:24                                   ` David Gillon
2001-01-09 12:58                                   ` Marc A. Criley
2001-01-09 13:42                                   ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-09 14:00                                     ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-12  0:21                                       ` Larry J. Elmore
2001-01-12  1:24                                         ` Al Christians
2001-01-12  5:19                                         ` Ken Garlington
2001-01-12 18:05                                         ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-09 14:27                                   ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-09 15:15                                     ` n_brunot
2001-01-09 19:41                                       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-09 20:44                                         ` Florian Weimer
2001-01-10 12:22                                           ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-10 13:49                                             ` Ken Garlington
2001-01-10 20:41                                           ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-09 23:04                                         ` tmoran
2001-01-27 16:58                                           ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2001-01-10 16:37                                         ` Jerry Petrey
2001-01-10 19:12                                           ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-01-11  1:43                                           ` Frank Manning
2001-01-09 16:12                                     ` n_brunot
2001-01-09 19:48                                       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-09 20:43                                         ` Britt Snodgrass
2001-01-10 20:43                                           ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-11 13:41                                             ` JOVIAL (was Do we need "Mission-Critical" software?) Ken Garlington
2001-01-12 15:32                                               ` carr_tom
2001-01-12 16:58                                                 ` Ira D. Baxter
2001-01-22 23:18                                                 ` jls
2001-01-13 14:20                                               ` Ken Garlington
2001-01-10 10:41                                         ` David Kristola [this message]
2001-01-10 13:44                                           ` Do we need "Mission-Critical" software? Was: What to Do? Ken Garlington
2001-01-10 21:39                                           ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-10 11:47                                         ` n_brunot
2001-01-10 12:25                                           ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-10 21:36                                           ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-11 10:00                                             ` n_brunot
2001-01-12  0:42                                               ` Larry J. Elmore
2001-01-12  1:47                                                 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-12 16:05                                               ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-01-16 19:52                                               ` Do we need any Dewar-bashing? Wes Groleau
2001-01-09 19:03                                     ` Do we need "Mission-Critical" software? Was: What to Do? dmitry6243
2001-01-09 19:51                                       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-09 20:46                                         ` Florian Weimer
2001-01-09 21:57                                         ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2001-01-10  8:55                                         ` dmitry6243
2001-01-10 13:39                                           ` Pascal Obry
2001-01-11  8:58                                             ` dmitry6243
2001-01-11 21:01                                       ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-12 11:41                                         ` dmitry6243
2001-01-12 20:29                                           ` Subprogram types vs. "limited access" (was " mark_lundquist
2001-01-12 21:58                                             ` Randy Brukardt
2001-01-13  1:35                                               ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-13  1:20                                             ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-13 17:29                                             ` dmitry6243
2001-01-15 21:06                                               ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-16  0:32                                                 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-16  2:57                                                   ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-16  5:47                                                     ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-16 17:47                                                       ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-16  9:12                                                 ` dmitry6243
2001-01-16 20:04                                         ` Wes Groleau
2001-02-02  6:45                                           ` Java packages (was " mark_lundquist
2001-01-15 20:04                                   ` Lao Xiao Hai
2001-01-15 20:28                                     ` Jerry Petrey
2001-01-15 21:05                                       ` tmoran
2001-01-16  0:36                                         ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-16 13:23                                           ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-15 21:44                                     ` Tucker Taft
2001-01-15 22:26                                       ` BSCrawford
2001-01-23  2:19                                       ` Lao Xiao Hai
     [not found]                                         ` <94kkme$amg$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
2001-01-26 20:43                                           ` Lao Xiao Hai
2001-01-27  9:36                                             ` David Kristola
2001-01-27 21:54                                             ` Ken Garlington
2001-01-27 23:09                                               ` Pat Rogers
2001-01-28 22:30                                                 ` Ken Garlington
2001-01-09 13:37                                 ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-12  1:11                                   ` Larry J. Elmore
2001-01-09 14:52                               ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-01-10 10:26                                 ` Florian Weimer
2001-01-10 21:43                                   ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-11 18:51                               ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-11 20:11                     ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-12 11:49                       ` Kevin Rigotti
2001-01-12 19:19                         ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-16 20:20                           ` Wes Groleau
2001-01-04 16:48               ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-05 13:15                 ` Cesar Scarpini Rabak
2001-01-06 20:19               ` Lao Xiao Hai
2001-01-01 21:37       ` Lao Xiao Hai
2001-01-01 21:44         ` Ehud Lamm
2001-01-03  4:00         ` William Starner
2001-01-01 23:44       ` David Kristola
2001-01-02  0:41         ` Brian Rogoff
2001-01-02  3:14           ` tmoran
2001-01-02 20:35             ` David Kristola
2001-01-02 22:56               ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-02  7:38           ` Ehud Lamm
2001-01-02 15:08           ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-02 20:59           ` What to Do? Silly Valley JF Harrison
2001-01-02 23:22             ` William Dale
2001-01-06 20:45               ` Lao Xiao Hai
2001-01-08 18:15                 ` William Dale
2001-01-08 19:00                   ` Florian Weimer
2001-01-08 19:01                   ` Florian Weimer
2000-12-31 21:47 ` What to Do? Robert Love
2001-01-01 21:31   ` Robert Love
2001-01-10 22:06 ` km0762
2001-01-10 22:06 ` km0762
2001-01-11  0:00   ` James Rogers
2001-01-11  1:03     ` Al Christians
2001-01-29 16:09       ` spider_templar2
2001-01-11 13:57     ` John English
2001-01-11 18:00       ` William Dale
2001-01-12  0:27         ` John English
2001-01-12  2:57           ` David Botton
2001-01-13  3:34             ` Petra Lynn Hofman
2001-01-13  6:05               ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-13 13:52               ` Ken Garlington
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