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From: "jtarver" <jtarver@tminet.com>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: F22 completes 11% of its Flight tests]
Date: 2000/01/17
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Stuart Palin <stuart.palin@no.spam.gecm.com> wrote in message
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> jtarver wrote:
> > K. Devlin <kdevlin@mpinet.net> wrote in message
> > news:388274ac.42926465@news.mpinet.net...
>
> <snip>
>
> > > I hope he doesn't fly on Boeing 777 A/C as they are as close to 100%
> > > Ada based as possible (see http://adaic.org/docs/flyers/boe-777.shtml)
> >
> > In fact Boeining studied using Ada and then rejected it along with the
ARPA
> > funding using the language would have provided.  In order to fly on a
civil
> > airplane running under Ada you would have to fly on a 717.  Of course I
only
> > built 777s; Bees love C.
>
> The 777 Flight Control Computer software is written Ada.

My lead when I was at Boeing developed the FCC system for the 777 and claims
they chose to not use the Ada.  Do you know Dave Mc Laughlin?

John