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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!hawk!billk From: billk@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Bill Kinnersley) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Patriot problem, more info available? Message-ID: <1991Jun7.231040.25209@hawk.cs.ukans.edu> Date: 7 Jun 91 23:10:40 GMT References: <9106070033.AA16103@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> <1991Jun7.080445.12661@netcom.COM> Organization: University of Kansas Computer Science Dept List-Id: In article <1991Jun7.080445.12661@netcom.COM> jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter) writes: : : That's certainly how it reads. I've been told by people : involved with the project that the system is programmed in a : mixture of assembly, FORTRAN, and JOVIAL--but from the way it : failed it sounds more like LISP! : How old is the Patriot missile system? If such a system were implemented today, wouldn't it be required to be done in Ada? -- --Bill Kinnersley billk@hawk.cs.ukans.edu 226 Transfer complete.