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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MSGID_RANDY 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: 2001-01-19 03:40:08 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail From: Dewi Daniels Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Safety-Critical Systems Developed Using C++ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:27:41 GMT Organization: Deja.com Message-ID: <9498ba$5a0$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <945eeq$vmk$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A664EC4.6F679BE0@acm.org> <9471rc$8cj$1@nnrp1.deja.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.195.213.130 X-Article-Creation-Date: Fri Jan 19 11:27:41 2001 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows NT) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 NTS40ENT03, 1.0 NTS40ENT01, 1.0 x54.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 193.195.213.130 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDdewi Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4207 comp.lang.c++:40635 Date: 2001-01-19T11:27:41+00:00 List-Id: Les Hatton, who is a leading proponent of the use of C for safety- related systems, has said concerning C++: "the safest approach is simply to throw away everything and use a safer subset of C alone" and "use of this language in any application involving high-integrity is discouraged as recent measurements suggest that it does not beneficially affect the defect density". See, for example, http://www.oakcomp.co.uk/Lang.C++.html Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/