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From: joconnor@roadrunner.com (Jay O'Connor)
Subject: Re: Real time Java? Huh?
Date: 1998/11/06
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On Thu, 5 Nov 1998 21:21:27 -0600, "Pat Rogers"
<progers@NOclasswideSPAM.com> wrote:

>David Chase wrote in message <364224FB.7FCF@world.std.com>...
>
><snip>
>
>>Most of that commercial software is written in "unsafe" languages.
>>C++ is not safe.  Pascal is not safe.  Ada, as typically used,
>>is not safe.
>
>Detailed, hard evidence, please, regarding Ada.

That one kinda surprised me as well because Ada was designed to be
safe but also designed to support low level hardware access if needed.

I mean, the language was originally targetted for embedded weapons
systems and such,

BTW - The onboard systems on the Boeing 777 are written in Ada.  As
are most of the train systems in Europe.

Jay O'Connor
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