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From: "James S. Rogers" <JimMaureenRogers@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada?
Date: 1997/04/11
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Kevin D. Quitt wrote:
> 
> I've written bullet-proof code for spacecraft and medical systems, code
> that must not under any circumstances fail in any but known and controlled
> ways.  I've done it FORTRAN, C, C++, and assembler (not necessarily
> combined).  It's not the language or the compiler that makes it safe, it's
> the programmer.

Yes, this is the common rebuttal from C and C++ people.  This approach makes
software development a lot like juggling knives.  It is completely safe as long
as you are very good and your attention does not wander.

Jim Rogers
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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