Re: "Ada and C++", from comp.software-eng

[enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum)]

In article <ENAG.91Apr29213154@maud.ifi.uio.no>, I wrote:

    Last time I heard, central telephone switching gear (the size of
    5ESS) is coded in C++.

Seems that the first retractory article I made about this never made
it to the world.  Sorry that it took so long for me to notice that.

I received a note from a very reliable source informing me that 5ESS
has yet to be "conquered" by C++.  So, I'm sorry to say that what I
had heard turned out to be unfounded rumor.

Whatever you have to say about pointer faults taking out major parts
of the U.S. network isn't due to C++.

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