Re: Safety-Critical Systems Developed Using C++

[Peter Amey <pna@praxis-cs.co.uk>]

Ken Garlington wrote:
> 
> "Lao Xiao Hai" <laoxhai@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
> news:3A66AC63.74ECBADB@ix.netcom.com...
> :
> : 5)  Anyone who would choose C++ of Java for a DoD safety-critical weapon
> : systems program
> :      is maknig that choice on the basis of concerns that have nothing to
> do
> : with reliability or
> :      correctness of the technology.
> 
> Which brings me back to the original question: Does anyone know of a
> specific safety-critical application (military or non-military) that was
> implemented in C++ and subsequently put into operational use? Alternately,
> can anyone suggest a newsgroup that might be more appropriate for this
> question?

Ken,  

This is by way of being a "nil return".  Despite keeping a reasonably
close eye on this corner of the market place I am not aware of any such
system.  This doesn't mean someone won't eventually answer your question
positively but it does suggest that these systems are not enormously
common.  Certainly all of the critical C++ I have seen turned out to be
C compiled with a C++ compiler on closer inspection.

Peter


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