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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,22c9fbc37d426c0c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-04 09:56:33 PST Message-ID: <3F2EBAE0.5574@mail.ru> Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 20:58:24 +0100 From: Dmytry Lavrov X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: F22 Raptor in slashdot.org References: <3F2E566A.1A7F@mail.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.248.15.121 X-Trace: shknews01 1060016188 213.248.15.121 (5 Aug 2003 00:56:28 +0800) Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsfeed.news2me.com!nntp1.phx1.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!news2.ilink.net!shknews01 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41171 Date: 2003-08-04T20:58:24+01:00 List-Id: Alexander Kopilovitch wrote: > > Dmytry Lavrov wrote: > > > > If I remember, the new code is in C++ > > > >Really? I'm understanding right? It's not about Novalogic game F22 > >raptor? It's F22 raptor military airplane? Military avionics in C++? > > > >Heh,our MIGS will not shot it : it will fall due to bad pointer > >operation or memory leak, without any shot ;-). > > You don't understand the stategical gain: a potential enemy certainly will > copy the technology, believing that the world leader's technology must be > superior. But that potential enemy will not allocate such huge resources for > reviewing, verification and testing as the leader will do. Therefore the > enemy's military airplanes will have more bugs in their avionics and thus > will be inferior - just what is needed. Remember, that military airplane > need not be best possible - it is enough for it to be significantly better > than enemy's airplane. It is the difference that matters there, so you should > try to maximize it. > > -;) , if you wish. > > > Bad side of things that next step is nuclear war caused by memory leak in C++. > > "Please reboot your civilisation ..." .Really. > > Well, memory leaks and bad pointers in the brains of some people still are > much more significant dangers for civilization than any C++ (and even Java -;) > software. Yes...of course ;-) i think if c++ will be used in nuclear missiles launch center,it's result of bad pointers in managers brains. > > Alexander Kopilovitch aek@vib.usr.pu.ru > Saint-Petersburg > Russia