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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Loss of Mars Climate Orbiter due to units of measurment conflicts
Date: 1999/10/12
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In article <7tvpbe$45t@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> 
> I am not sure why this topic is in the Ada Usenet group.  Was the
> Mars Climate Orbiter programmed in Ada?  

The discussion started with people suggesting the use of the Ada
typing system to avoid mismatches of units.  Consensus is that
if it was done in Ada it was not done right, which is also true
if it was done in Algol or any other language.

Larry Kilgallen