From: "W. Wesley Groleau x4923" <wwgrol@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>
Subject: Re: *LONG* DRAFT - Critique of "The lessons of Ariane"
Date: 1997/08/01
Date: 1997-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <33E21179.1050@pseserv3.fw.hac.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 33E09D9E.62FD@flash.net
> saturation arithmetic can add time. When a large amount of I/O
> is being processed, this time can be significant. So, it is not
> unusual to do what the Ariane 5 team did: analyze the system to
> try to apply protection only where needed. Unfortunately, their
> analysis was unable to take into account the future reuse, and
> the system was not re-analyzed (or re-tested!) for the new
> environment.
Lest anyone get confused, read "what the Ariane 4 team did"
Ariane 5 was the "future re-use" that was "not re-analyzed" adequately.
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-07-20 0:00 *LONG* DRAFT - Critique of "The lessons of Ariane" Ken Garlington
1997-07-26 0:00 ` Phlip C Plumlee
1997-07-27 0:00 ` Nasser
1997-07-31 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-01 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923 [this message]
1997-08-01 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
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