From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,447bd1cf7a88c198 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-10 02:48:04 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!206.13.28.183!nnrp5-w.sbc.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: David Kristola Organization: heaps of stacks MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Hogwasher 2.0 (Macintosh) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <01HW.B6817C6D0007BC9B078EC71C@news.pacbell.net> Subject: Re: Do we need "Mission-Critical" software? Was: What to Do? Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3A4F5A4A.9ABA2C4F@chicagonet.net> <3A4F759E.A7D63F3F@netwood.net> <3A50ABDF.3A8F6C0D@acm.org> <92qdnn$jfg$1@news.huji.ac.il> <3A50C371.8B7B871@home.com> <3A51EC04.91353CE7@uol.com.br> <3A529C97.2CA4777F@home.com> <3A53CB9E.EA7CF86C@uol.com.br> <3A5466DE.811D43A5@acm.org> <932aol$ikc$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <932mi6$r2k$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <9343b1$3g5$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <934iuf$eqv$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <937kc7$ssq$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93c0e9$4u6$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93e33l$tfu$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93ekmo$a14$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93f73f$mt1$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93fd9v$s03$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93fpth$697$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 2:41:49 -0800 NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.194.212.92 X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: nnrp5-w.sbc.net 979123292 63.194.212.92 (Wed, 10 Jan 2001 02:41:32 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 02:41:32 PST Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3856 Date: 2001-01-10T02:41:49-08:00 List-Id: 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. -- --djk, keeper of arcane lore & trivial fluff Home: David95036 plus 1 at america on-line Spam: goto.hades@welovespam.com