Re: Ada Run-time for embedded systems

[l107353@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com (Garlington KE)]

Robert I. Eachus (eachus@spectre.mitre.org) wrote:
:    Of course this gives a whole new meaning to "safety-critical
: real-time applications."  Proving to the customers satisfaction that a
: glitch in the LAN won't launch ordinance is only part of the
: problem--you have to prove also that it won't prevent the launch when
: needed.  For anti-missile weapons, both are safety critical as well as
: mission critical.

Interesting. In most of the projects I've worked, the latter case would
not be considered "safety-critical" as the ability to respond against a 
threat is groundruled out of the definition. However, a denial of service
situation would be considered security-critical...

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Ken Garlington                  GarlingtonKE@lfwc.lockheed.com
F-22 Computer Resources         Lockheed Fort Worth Co.

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