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: 108abf,d3bcc180a8b0eea4
X-Google-Attributes: gid108abf,public
X-Google-Thread: 103376,d3bcc180a8b0eea4
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
From: Mark Lundquist <mark@rational.com>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: F22 completes 11% of its Flight tests]
Date: 2000/01/26
Message-ID: <388F3CBB.73F86D59@rational.com>#1/1
X-Deja-AN: 577949975
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
References: <387C8859.621FA20B@netscape.net>
 <387CC1C0.4C57E34C@quadruscorp.com>
 <jW3f4.2191$iy5.112956@typ12.deja.bcandid.com> <387CEE4A.3965@Ganymede.com>
 <Ft6f4.2216$iy5.114812@typ12.deja.bcandid.com>
 <387F8E50.11D27E14@quadruscorp.com> <85oclj$nbp$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
 <387FCA73.3A61@Ganymede.com>
 <85ok6v$iee$1@ssauraab-i-1.production.compuserve.com>
 <3880CCC7.261957BC@quadruscorp.com>
 <oHcg4.2964$iy5.180009@typ12.deja.bcandid.com> <yecaem64cny.fsf@king.cts.com>
 <388274ac.42926465@news.mpinet.net>
 <QHvg4.3143$iy5.200225@typ12.deja.bcandid.com>
 <85u3k2$9ic1@news.cis.okstate.edu>
Organization: Rational Software
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Mime-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,rec.aviation.military
Date: 2000-01-26T00:00:00+00:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

David Starner wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Jan 2000 19:01:53 -0800, jtarver <jtarver@tminet.com> wrote:
> >K. Devlin <kdevlin@mpinet.net> wrote in message
> >news:388274ac.42926465@news.mpinet.net...
>
> >> I hope he doesn't fly on Boeing 777 A/C as they are as close to 100%
> >> Ada based as possible (see http://adaic.org/docs/flyers/boe-777.shtml)
> >
> >In fact Boeining studied using Ada and then rejected it along with the ARPA
> >funding using the language would have provided.  In order to fly on a civil
> >airplane running under Ada you would have to fly on a 717.  Of course I only
> >built 777s; Bees love C.
>
> Comparing the trustworthness of someone who uses the word "sux",

Hey, come on... I use that word all the time!  :-)

Of course, it's much more effective when there is some content to back it up...