* DC-X use of Ada
@ 1993-09-15 21:45 Mike Berman
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From: Mike Berman @ 1993-09-15 21:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
In its September 13 "Filter Center", Aviation Week and Space Technology
mentions that McDonnell Douglas developed software for guidance and
control of the DC-X Single-Stage-to_Orbit (SSTO) launch vehicle using
the MATRIXx toolset from Integrated Systems, Inc. Use of the tool saved
an estimated 50% of normal development costs and "produced very reliable
code". The article mentions that there are more than 30,000 lines of Ada
code, but does not say how much was hand crafted vs. tool generated.
A recent posting summarized the successful first flight of the DC-X test
vehicle. An Ada success story? Could be...
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