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From: Tucker Taft <stt@averstar.com>
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Subject: Re: Do we need "Mission-Critical" software? Was: What to Do?
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Lao Xiao Hai wrote:
> ...   I am told that Ratheon is using JOVIAL for the current
> upgrade of
> the Patriot. 

Raytheon has been using Ada 95 for the Patriot upgrade since 1997.
They used a Jovial-to-Ada translation tool to get started, though
they aren't doing any more translation as far as I know.

> ... The next Patriot upgrade was planning to use Ada,

They are already using Ada (unless you are talking about THAAD,
which is definitely not an "upgrade," but rather a different system).

> ... but there
> are apparently
> some fools at Raytheon who are advocating C++. 

Perhaps you are talking about the THAAD?  That is a different
system, though clearly related to the Patriot in terms of
mission.  It is being done in C++ as far as I know.

> ... With luck, Ada will prevail.

I believe THAAD has settled on C++.

> 
> Richard

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