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From: dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison)
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Subject: Re: C programmers and safety critical systems programming
Date: 11 Jun 2002 14:49:24 -0700
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John Kern <jkern3@NOSPAM.visteon.com> wrote in message news:<3D062BA8.5B7F2C26@NOSPAM.visteon.com>...
> Just noticed an editorial in Embedded Systems Programming which takes C
> programmers to task for ignoring better language choices.
> 
> "Is C Passing?" by Michael Barr.
> http://www.embedded.com/story/OEG20020523S0040
> 
> Perhaps this is an opportunity for Ada enthusiasts to speak up in a
> publication dominated by C.

Given the nasty tone of the response he quoted, please try to be
polite this time.

I wrote back with a pointer to the Rational study, which I think would
have given him some hard numbers and would have helped his article had
he known about it.