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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e6d1607a5397de6b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-11-04 16:57:26 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.mindspring.net.MISMATCH!news.mindspring.net!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3A04B074.92500BA3@acm.org> From: Jeff Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada vs. C++ in defense projects References: <39FDE9E4.35F615A6@netwood.net> <39FE461D.275F1363@ix.netcom.com> <8tmt7o$vbj$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A02DB88.8A4232D1@lmco.com> <3A0465CD.DAE60D49@netwood.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 00:57:25 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 158.252.123.227 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 973385845 158.252.123.227 (Sat, 04 Nov 2000 16:57:25 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 16:57:25 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1791 Date: 2000-11-05T00:57:25+00:00 List-Id: "E. Robert Tisdale" wrote: > Ada has made you lazy and careless. > You can write programs in C that are just as safe > by the simple application of super-human diligence. This is a great quotation. I wish every manager who was deciding to use C/++ in a mission/safety critical application had to memorize it. -- Jeff Carter "You tiny-brained wipers of other people's bottoms!" Monty Python & the Holy Grail