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From: Craig Franck <clfranck@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada?
Date: 1997/04/14
Date: 1997-04-14T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5iru4l$ft1@mtinsc05.worldnet.att.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5irh5n$j88@bcrkh13.bnr.ca


kaz@vision.crest.nt.com (Kaz Kylheku) wrote:
>In article <01bc46be$fb54cae0$3f6700cf@default>,
>Larry J. Elmore <ljelmore@montana.campus.mci.net> wrote:

>>I take it you never fly? Nor do you live near an airport? Or have a modern
>>car?
>
>Nope. Well, I have a modern car, but it's unlikely that its computer is very
>large and complex. It's probably programmed in assembly language. Also,
>the car is not ``drive by wire'' even if a computer is involved. If the
>computer fails, the car will not seriously malfunction or crash! At worst, it
>will exhibit poor performance. Hence I'm not trusting my life to the
>computer in any way.

Well, actually, most modern cars have microcontrollers at least 
as complex as an 8088. Also, the engine will not run at all on
most if the controller for the fuel injection system becomes 
disabled. If this happens when you are driving (as it did 
recently to me) the vehicle will stall. Stearing and brakes are
mostly mechanical, but you may lose power assist or antilock.

Anyway, Kaz, the odds of you dying do to another motorist's poor
judgement or weather conditions are far greater than that do
to computer malfunction. (It is interesting how some people
assess risk. I have a friend who drinks excessively, never 
exercises, eats junk, and drives his snowmobile like a complete
lunatic after having six or eight beers. You know what he worries
about dying from? Getting AIDS from a mosquito bite!)

-- 
Craig
clfranck@worldnet.att.net
Manchester, NH
Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is
a problem which he has to solve. -- Erich Fromm






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1997-04-09  0:00 Any research putting c above ada? Konstantin B. Goldin
1997-04-10  0:00 ` Daniel P Hudson
1997-04-10  0:00 ` Richard Krehbiel
1997-04-10  0:00   ` Philip Brashear
1997-04-10  0:00     ` CubanPete
1997-04-11  0:00       ` John Thomas Apa
1997-04-10  0:00   ` Tom Wheeley
1997-04-11  0:00     ` Richard Kenner
1997-04-16  0:00     ` Daniel P Hudson
1997-04-17  0:00     ` Stephen Leake
1997-04-10  0:00   ` Andrew Dunstan
1997-04-11  0:00   ` Gary W Smith
1997-04-11  0:00   ` James Youngman
1997-04-11  0:00     ` Steve Summit
1997-04-12  0:00       ` Dave Wood
1997-04-14  0:00         ` Chris Lomont
1997-04-16  0:00           ` Dave Wood
1997-04-11  0:00   ` Steve Jones - JON
1997-04-11  0:00     ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-12  0:00       ` Tom Wheeley
     [not found]       ` <01bc46be$fb54cae0$3f6700cf@default>
1997-04-13  0:00         ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-14  0:00           ` Craig Franck [this message]
1997-04-14  0:00       ` Roy Grimm
     [not found]       ` <33526cbf.41c6@cca.rockwell.com>
     [not found]         ` <5iusvd$118e@newssvr01-int.news.prodigy.com>
1997-04-14  0:00           ` James S. Rogers
     [not found]           ` <3353a187.1062@bix.com>
1997-04-16  0:00             ` Matthew Givens
1997-04-17  0:00               ` Tom Moran
     [not found]               ` <33545F8D.2AF4@worldnet.att.net>
     [not found]                 ` <335569F1.55A0@pratique.fr>
1997-04-20  0:00                   ` Nick Roberts
     [not found]           ` <33541be1.14961570@news.airmail.net>
1997-04-16  0:00             ` Matthew Givens
1997-04-16  0:00               ` Dale Stanbrough
     [not found]           ` <33530e22.5940@worldnet.att.net>
1997-04-16  0:00             ` Matthew Givens
1997-04-18  0:00               ` Kenneth Almquist
1997-04-20  0:00                 ` Matthew Givens
1997-04-22  0:00                   ` Alan Brain
     [not found]                   ` <335d880c.324@dynamite.com.au>
1997-05-04  0:00                     ` Matthew Givens
1997-05-05  0:00                       ` Alan Brain
     [not found]                       ` <336ea9ca.3c92@dynamite.com.au>
1997-05-07  0:00                         ` Matthew Givens
1997-05-06  0:00                           ` Tom Moran
1997-05-07  0:00                             ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-07  0:00                           ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-07  0:00                           ` Jon S Anthony
     [not found]                           ` <5aedd9b0882ea1bf.69856d7f77cd2ae3.229bf1374681c88b@library-proxy.airnews.net>
1997-05-10  0:00                             ` Matthew Givens
1997-05-10  0:00                               ` Robert S. White
1997-05-11  0:00                               ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-16  0:00                               ` brad.balfour
1997-05-14  0:00                           ` T Wheeley
1997-04-19  0:00               ` Tom Wheeley
     [not found]         ` <5j0e5i$qgi@bcrkh13.bnr.ca>
1997-04-16  0:00           ` Matthew Givens
     [not found]           ` <5j4ijn$3ta1@news.knox.edu>
1997-04-17  0:00             ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-18  0:00               ` Tim Behrendsen
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1997-04-20  0:00             ` Steve Doiel
1997-04-20  0:00               ` Jay Martin
1997-04-21  0:00             ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-11  0:00     ` Terry Colligan
1997-04-11  0:00       ` Larry J. Elmore
1997-04-12  0:00         ` Terry Colligan
     [not found]     ` <3359e813.340466234@news.pacificnet.net>
1997-04-11  0:00       ` James S. Rogers
1997-04-12  0:00         ` Steve Summit
1997-04-12  0:00         ` Danette & Murray Root
1997-04-12  0:00       ` Dave Wood
1997-04-13  0:00         ` Larry Kilgallen
     [not found]         ` <3373409f.494266577@news.pacificnet.net>
1997-04-13  0:00           ` Dave Wood
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1997-04-18  0:00                 ` David Hanley
1997-04-20  0:00                   ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-14  0:00           ` Stephen Leake
1997-04-14  0:00           ` Robert S. White
1997-04-14  0:00             ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-15  0:00               ` Robert S. White
     [not found]                 ` <5ivtcu$puv@huron.eel.ufl.edu>
1997-04-16  0:00                   ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-16  0:00                     ` Byron
1997-04-16  0:00                       ` John Winters
     [not found]                     ` <5j31dt$o3j@huron.eel.ufl.edu>
1997-04-17  0:00                       ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-18  0:00                       ` David Thornley
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1997-04-25  0:00                           ` Alan Bowler
     [not found]                     ` <01bc4da9$75237100$f4f582c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com>
1997-04-21  0:00                       ` Daniel P Hudson
1997-04-21  0:00                         ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-14  0:00           ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-12  0:00       ` David Weller
1997-04-13  0:00       ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-27  0:00         ` Richard Riehle
1997-04-29  0:00           ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-30  0:00             ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-01  0:00               ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-02  0:00                 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-03  0:00                   ` Craig Franck
1997-05-03  0:00                 ` Matthew Givens
1997-05-03  0:00                   ` Robert S. White
1997-04-30  0:00             ` Roy Grimm
1997-04-30  0:00               ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-30  0:00                 ` Jay Martin
1997-05-02  0:00                   ` Samuel A. Mize
1997-05-05  0:00                     ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-06  0:00                       ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-07  0:00                         ` Jay Martin
1997-05-07  0:00                           ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-08  0:00                             ` Jay Martin
1997-05-08  0:00                           ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-09  0:00                             ` Alan Brain
1997-05-08  0:00                           ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-09  0:00                             ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-11  0:00                       ` deafen
1997-05-12  0:00                         ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-12  0:00                         ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-01  0:00                 ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-01  0:00                   ` Jay Martin
1997-05-01  0:00                   ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-02  0:00                     ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-02  0:00                       ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-05  0:00                         ` Steve Furlong
1997-05-06  0:00                           ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-06  0:00                           ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-06  0:00                             ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-08  0:00                           ` Lawrence Kirby
1997-05-14  0:00                         ` T Wheeley
1997-05-14  0:00                           ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-10  0:00                   ` Fritz W Feuerbacher
1997-05-11  0:00                     ` Wilbur Streett
1997-05-12  0:00                       ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-20  0:00                       ` T Wheeley
1997-04-30  0:00             ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-30  0:00               ` Jay Martin
1997-05-01  0:00                 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-05  0:00                   ` Jay Martin
1997-05-06  0:00                     ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-07  0:00                       ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-01  0:00                 ` Kevin Cline
1997-04-30  0:00               ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-01  0:00                 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-03  0:00                   ` Student responsability (Was: Any research putting c above ada?) Laurent Gasser
1997-05-03  0:00                     ` John Bode
1997-05-05  0:00                     ` Steven Huang
1997-05-05  0:00                   ` Any research putting c above ada? John Apa
1997-05-06  0:00                     ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-06  0:00                       ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-07  0:00                         ` John Apa
1997-05-08  0:00                           ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-08  0:00                           ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-10  0:00                             ` John Apa
1997-05-11  0:00                               ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-14  0:00                                 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-07  0:00                         ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-07  0:00                           ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-07  0:00                             ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-08  0:00                             ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-08  0:00                               ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-08  0:00                                 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-09  0:00                                 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-10  0:00                                   ` Dan Shea
1997-05-11  0:00                                     ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-08  0:00                       ` Alan Brain
1997-05-07  0:00                     ` Adam Beneschan
1997-05-09  0:00                   ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-05-09  0:00                     ` Larry Weiss
1997-05-11  0:00                       ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-11  0:00                         ` Jay Martin
1997-05-12  0:00                           ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-12  0:00                         ` Craig Franck
1997-05-12  0:00                           ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-13  0:00                             ` Craig Franck
1997-05-13  0:00                               ` Jonathan Guthrie
1997-05-14  0:00                                 ` Mathew Hendry
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1997-05-13  0:00                             ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-13  0:00                               ` Lawrence Kirby
1997-05-14  0:00                               ` T Wheeley
1997-05-15  0:00                               ` Ray Blaak
1997-05-16  0:00                                 ` Alan Brain
1997-05-12  0:00                         ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-14  0:00                           ` Kevin Cline
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1997-05-14  0:00                           ` Jonathan Guthrie
1997-05-14  0:00                             ` Szu-Wen Huang
1997-05-15  0:00                               ` Jonathan Guthrie
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1997-05-16  0:00                               ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-14  0:00                     ` M. Prasad
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1997-05-14  0:00                       ` Steve Jones - JON
1997-05-14  0:00                       ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-17  0:00                       ` Robert I. Eachus
     [not found]       ` <33508283.56dd@aonix.com>
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1997-04-16  0:00             ` Matthew Givens
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1997-04-20  0:00                 ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-14  0:00   ` Alan Brain
1997-04-17  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-10  0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-10  0:00 ` Thomas Aho
1997-04-10  0:00 ` Bob Stout
1997-04-14  0:00 ` Steve Jones - JON
1997-04-14  0:00   ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-15  0:00   ` Matthew Givens
     [not found]     ` <335ae79e.55ed@dynamite.com.au>
1997-04-20  0:00       ` Matthew Givens
1997-04-28  0:00         ` Andrew Dunstan
1997-04-29  0:00           ` Matthew Givens
1997-05-06  0:00             ` Andrew Dunstan
1997-05-07  0:00               ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-07  0:00                 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-07  0:00                 ` Jeff Carter
1997-05-08  0:00                 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-09  0:00                   ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-09  0:00                     ` John G. Volan
1997-05-11  0:00                       ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-12  0:00                         ` John G. Volan
1997-05-12  0:00                         ` John G. Volan
1997-05-13  0:00                         ` Alan Brain
1997-05-14  0:00                           ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-16  0:00                             ` Alan Brain
1997-05-17  0:00                               ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-17  0:00                                 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-18  0:00                                   ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-18  0:00                                     ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-18  0:00                                       ` Brian Rogoff
1997-05-19  0:00                                       ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-19  0:00                                         ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-19  0:00                                     ` John G. Volan
1997-05-20  0:00                                       ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-20  0:00                                         ` Jeff Carter
1997-05-21  0:00                                       ` Alan Brain
1997-05-21  0:00                                       ` Brian Rogoff
1997-05-21  0:00                                         ` STL in Ada95 [was: Any research putting c above ada?] John G. Volan
1997-05-22  0:00                                           ` Brian Rogoff
1997-05-23  0:00                                             ` Iterator Syntax [was: Re: STL in Ada95] Jeff Carter
1997-05-23  0:00                                               ` Michel Gauthier
1997-05-23  0:00                                               ` John G. Volan
1997-05-23  0:00                                               ` Brian Rogoff
1997-05-22  0:00                                           ` STL in Ada95 [was: Any research putting c above ada?] Brian Rogoff
1997-05-23  0:00                                             ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-24  0:00                                               ` Brian Rogoff
1997-05-17  0:00                               ` Any research putting c above ada? Dale Stanbrough
1997-05-12  0:00                       ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-30  0:00           ` Daniel P Hudson
1997-04-30  0:00             ` Adam Beneschan
1997-05-02  0:00               ` Daniel P Hudson
1997-04-20  0:00     ` Alan Brain
1997-04-17  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-17  0:00 ` Chris Morgan
     [not found] ` <5j078b$b25$1@NNTP.MsState.Edu>
1997-04-16  0:00   ` Peter Amey
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1997-04-24  0:00       ` Suzette Norby
1997-04-25  0:00         ` Craig Franck
1997-04-28  0:00           ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-29  0:00             ` Andrew Koenig
1997-04-29  0:00               ` Tom Moran
1997-04-30  0:00               ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-01  0:00                 ` Alan Brain
1997-04-30  0:00               ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-01  0:00                 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-30  0:00               ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-30  0:00             ` Craig Franck
1997-04-30  0:00               ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-30  0:00                 ` Pat Rogers
1997-05-02  0:00                 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-01  0:00               ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-25  0:00         ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-26  0:00           ` Mike Haertel
1997-04-26  0:00             ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-27  0:00             ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-28  0:00             ` Istvan.Simon
1997-04-26  0:00           ` Larry Wissig
1997-04-26  0:00             ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-26  0:00               ` Lawrence Kirby
1997-04-27  0:00                 ` b-see
1997-04-26  0:00             ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-28  0:00             ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-27  0:00           ` Jerry van Dijk
1997-04-17  0:00   ` Daniel P Hudson
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1997-04-21  0:00           ` Robert I. Eachus
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1997-04-18  0:00         ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-23  0:00       ` David Emery
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1997-05-20  0:00             ` Kaz Kylheku
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