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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c8f739bbbe5ce868,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-22 11:38:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: naoscapitan@yahoo.com (Arquebus257WeaMag) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: military systems thread Date: 22 May 2003 11:38:28 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <27f8d86.0305221038.1406b39a@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 148.245.121.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1053628708 30694 127.0.0.1 (22 May 2003 18:38:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 May 2003 18:38:28 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37654 Date: 2003-05-22T18:38:28+00:00 List-Id: Theres a topic about military software at rec.aviation.military . I was surprised to see many recomend the use of languages like C/C++ over Ada on critical systems like fly-by-wire flight controls on fighterjets, and thought some here might want to clarify issues as to what Ada does.