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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e1a91c4d90acda97 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,e1a91c4d90acda97 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-17 09:04:29 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!panix!news.panix.com!panix3.panix.com!not-for-mail From: comeau@panix.com (Greg Comeau) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Safety-Critical Systems Developed Using C++ Date: 17 Jan 2001 12:04:27 -0500 Organization: Comeau Computing; http://www.comeaucomputing.com Message-ID: <944jar$158$1@panix3.panix.com> References: <3a65b899$1@news.sentex.net> Reply-To: comeau@comeaucomputing.com NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com X-Trace: news.panix.com 979751068 25593 166.84.0.228 (17 Jan 2001 17:04:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Jan 2001 17:04:28 GMT Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4105 comp.lang.c++:40036 Date: 2001-01-17T17:04:28+00:00 List-Id: In article , Steve Nester wrote: >I don't believe I'd classify a webserver as safety critical. No one has >ever died because a webserver crashed. > >Your point is well taken but I'd leave webservers out of it. I don't know it it's never occured, but I could imagine it happening inside say a hospital and numerous other places. Why the heck not? - Greg -- Comeau Computing / Comeau C/C++ "so close" 4.2.44 betas NOW AVAILABLE TRY Comeau C++ ONLINE at http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout Email: comeau@comeaucomputing.com / WEB: http://www.comeaucomputing.com