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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f43e6,5ac12f5a60b1bfe X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,87f6968ed41c9df1 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,5ac12f5a60b1bfe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Ken Garlington Subject: Re: Multiple reasons for failure of Ariane 5 (was: Re: Ariane 5 - not an exception?) Date: 1996/09/04 Message-ID: <322D412D.42DF@lmtas.lmco.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 178434049 references: <4vjv1e$8c6@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <4vrmtp$s80@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <3222E875.2E54@lmtas.lmco.com> <505pto$bmr@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.pl1 x-mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; I; 68K) Date: 1996-09-04T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: ++ robin wrote: > > Ken Garlington writes: > > >++ robin wrote: > >> > >> ok@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes: > >> > >> >rav@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au (++ robin) writes: > >> > >> >>---I was pointing out the problems people > >> >>have in writing codes in that language. Do you have > >> >>a problem with that? > >> > >> >But people do NOT have a problem with using the square root in Ada. > >> > >> ---But they do, and did -- even after exploring the > >> manual -- or they wouldn't have to ask > > >Having worked at a user help desk in college, I received many questions > >about how to do things in PL/I, even after students had attempted to > >find the answer in the IBM PL/I manual. > > ---We're not dealing with a student here, but an > adult....from NASA. Please credit him with a bit of nous > in finding out the information. If he could not find out > how to do it, then it's a problem, isn't it. Ummm... I know several adults at NASA (one of them has been my best friend since junior high), and they can make the same boneheaded mistakes that any other student learning a new language can make. (Adults, even at NASA, are permitted to be students, by the way.) I build safety-critical software for the largest defense firm in the world, and I've certainly made my share of silly mistakes regarding Ada (read the archives of comp.lang.ada for a few :) -- LMTAS - "Our Brand Means Quality"