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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107079,eca28648989efca9 X-Google-Attributes: gid107079,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,885dab3998d28a4 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,885dab3998d28a4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f74ae,eca28648989efca9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf74ae,public From: Lawrence Foard Subject: Re: Ariane 5 failure Date: 1996/09/27 Message-ID: <324CC40B.277E21B4@vwis.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 185791396 references: <52a572$9kk@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <52bm1c$gvn@rational.rational.com> <1780E8471.KUNNE@frcpn11.in2p3.fr> <1780FB1E3.KUNNE@frcpn11.in2p3.fr> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.math.num-analysis,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.ada x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0b7 (X11; I; Linux 2.0.0 i486) Date: 1996-09-27T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Ronald Kunne wrote: > > Actually, this was the case here: the code was taken from an Ariane 4 > code where it was physically impossible that the index would go out > of range: a test would have been a waste of time. > Unfortunately this was no longer the case in the Ariane 5. Actually it would still present a danger on Ariane 4. If the sensor which apparently was no longer needed during flight became defective, then you could get a value out of range. -- The virgin birth of Pythagoras via Apollo. The martyrdom of St. Socrates. The Gospel according to Iamblichus. -- Have an 18.9cents/minute 6 second billed calling card tomorrow -- http://www.vwis.com/cards.html