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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,e1a91c4d90acda97 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,e1a91c4d90acda97 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-19 02:43:42 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!grolier!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!join.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.kvaerner.com!news@kvaerner.com From: "Tarjei T. Jensen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Safety-Critical Systems Developed Using C++ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:40:02 +0100 Organization: Kvaerner Group IT Message-ID: <9495km$7e1@news.kvaerner.com> References: <945eeq$vmk$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A664EC4.6F679BE0@acm.org> <6Hu96.4848$rw.42689@e420r-atl2.usenetserver.com> <3A66AC63.74ECBADB@ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 155.209.159.10 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2120.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2120.0 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4205 comp.lang.c++:40622 Date: 2001-01-19T11:40:02+01:00 List-Id: Phil Staite wrote >Finally, any system running on an IBM AS/400 since the early 90s is running >on an OS where the low-level code is C++. I imagine there are a fair number >of hospitals using AS/400s. Also, I believe a number of places use AS/400s >to control telephone switching gear. (I know of one entire country that uses >them) Lots of life or death information passes over phones. I've read elewhere that the AS/400 OS is written in Modula-2. If they have moved it to a microkernel on a later date, then it might well well be written in C++. Greetings,