From: crocker@motcid.UUCP (Ronald T. Crocker)
Subject: Re: "Ada and C++", from comp.software-eng
Date: 6 May 91 21:56:01 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5026@berry19.UUCP> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5148@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov
In article <5148@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> abdlm@robots.span.nasa.gov writes:
>Wasn't this the system (or one similar to it) that took out the whole east
>coast of the U.S. with a pointer bug last year. Chalk up another victory for
>the power of pointers and C++.
>
>-D. Miller, Goddard robotics Laboratory.
>--My opinions arn't my employers.
The root cause was a missing break statement in a switch statement.
--
Ron Crocker
Motorola Radio-Telephone Systems Group, Cellular Infrastructure Group
(708) 632-4752 [FAX: (708) 632-4430]
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1991-04-30 13:56 "Ada and C++", from comp.software-eng abdlm
1991-04-30 16:53 ` Matthias Ulrich Neeracher
1991-05-02 15:49 ` barriost
1991-05-09 6:10 ` Jim Showalter
1991-05-09 16:19 ` Harry Koehnemann
1991-05-06 21:56 ` Ronald T. Crocker [this message]
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1991-04-25 18:16 Richard Pattis
1991-04-26 20:28 ` Jim Showalter
1991-04-29 19:32 ` Erik Naggum
1991-05-09 6:01 ` Jim Showalter
1991-05-11 21:40 ` Erik Naggum
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