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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a24:258b:: with SMTP id g133-v6mr13268870itg.4.1522273120075; Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:38:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:6217:: with SMTP id g23-v6mr1535302otj.11.1522273119932; Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:38:39 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.unit0.net!peer01.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!199-v6no6676960itl.0!news-out.google.com!u64-v6ni2534itb.0!nntp.google.com!199-v6no6676959itl.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:38:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <139fa27c-2f53-4758-81ba-dd403a30e4ef@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=87.116.176.31; posting-account=z-xFXQkAAABpEOAnT3LViyFXc8dmoW_p NNTP-Posting-Host: 87.116.176.31 References: <3c3d7301-c0dd-4953-bce1-5ac4050457a8@googlegroups.com> <139fa27c-2f53-4758-81ba-dd403a30e4ef@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <21e81c06-9352-407d-891c-ec54eed1b249@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: requiring Ada(2020?) in self-driving autonomous automobiles From: Bojan Bozovic Injection-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:38:40 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 1891 X-Received-Body-CRC: 4283796414 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:51246 Date: 2018-03-28T14:38:39-07:00 List-Id: Programming (or software development, if you like that words better) method= ology needs to be changed, and verifying software against specification tog= ether with testing must be viewed as indispensable, not some arcane procedu= re reserved for those that code aircraft, spacecraft and missile software. = Anything that makes writing correct programs easier is welcome and needed, = self-driving cars are just one aspect of the problem.