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: 103376,dc94fe39f71093ec X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: gregm@netidea.com (Greg Martin) Subject: Re: The revolution will not be standardized Date: 1999/12/15 Message-ID: <3856f703.38260230@news.netidea.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 560795456 References: <82p7hu$l1q$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <82ppc9$1u6$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <385252E8.FF140CD2@acenet.com.au> <8333q3$9rh$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8335ip$b8f$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <38561D9A.70B61403@acenet.com.au> <835ukh$uiv$1@nntp2.atl.mindspring.net> <385685B2.7E341C32@quadruscorp.com> <3856d861.30417176@news.netidea.com> <3856EA29.7B4C0A95@quadruscorp.com> X-Trace: tw11.nn.bcandid.com 945223845 207.194.162.135 (Tue, 14 Dec 1999 21:10:45 EST) Organization: bCandid - Powering the world's discussions - http://bCandid.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 21:10:45 EST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:08:57 -0800, "Marin D. Condic" wrote: > >As for flotsam on Mars, I thought I heard the latest problem was being >blamed on VxWorks. But I don't always have my ear firmly enough to the >ground to get the accurate dope on these rumors. (Maybe we could blame >the whole mess on the fact that VxWorks wasn't written in Ada? Or would >that be kicking someone when they're down? {It is, after all, the safest >way} :-) I was refering to the previous attempt, blamed on a contractor who didn't realise that the measurements given were in Metric. I hadn't heard who was catching the blame for the most recent one. Personally I believe all NASA's problems would be solved if they would only hire middle aged programmers as astronauts (but I guess I should take that to alt.pipedreams :-) Regards, Greg Martin.