Re: Protest against the war on Iraq

["John R. Strohm" <strohm@airmail.net>]

"Bill Schreckenstein" <william.f.schreckenstein@lmco.com> wrote in message
news:25919840.0303251441.2c024bc@posting.google.com...
> This ada board is not a proper place for sounding off against a war.
> I do agree however that now is not a good time for one.  I would like
> to think that everyone here no matter what stance they carry support
> our men and women overseas who follow their orders and defend our
> freedoms.  We are very lucky to have them as members of this great
> nation.  As for the Patriots they did shoot down a friendly so 6 for 6
> isn't a valid statement either.  I do however know that many of the
> systems you see at work .. from subs to planes to ships have ada
> inside .. and as an ada coder you have to appreciate the complexity of
> these systems.  I can't even begin to describe how much easier a time
> I have had writting code in ada and debugging it vs. C++.  I hope this
> board keeps up the good work ... I have learned a lot from everyone
> posting here.

OK, so 6 for 6 against missiles, 1 for 1 against unidentified aircraft.

This is why combat aircraft carry IFF sets.