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From: "Matthew M. Lih" <lih@venice.sedd.trw.com>
Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
Date: 1996/02/21
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Ed Franks wrote:

> >(potentially) store data into the code currently in memory.  Ada isn't the
> only
> >language designed for high reliability (Java and Eiffel leap to mind), but if
> I
> >were a satellite project manager I would certainly prefer it to C or C++.
> 
> Yes, but you are not. Meanwhile, the software for the Mission Control Center
> (MOC) at NASA Johnson Space Center is being rewritten in C++, not ADA.

My initial reaction to this piece of news is: Great. Another technical decision
from the same people who brought you frozen O-rings.

However, trying to keep an open mind, does anyone know what the justification
for this was?


Matthew M. Lih
Software Lead, SAIN Project
TRW Enterprise Solutions