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: 103376,ec3b1a84cab8fc8a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-06 11:04:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada and the NMD Date: 6 Sep 2001 13:03:50 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <3B970152.4AC6C6E3@PublicPropertySoftware.com> <87lmjsttxa.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 999799431 5155 192.135.80.34 (6 Sep 2001 18:03:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 18:03:51 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12828 Date: 2001-09-06T13:03:50-05:00 List-Id: In article <87lmjsttxa.fsf@deneb.enyo.de>, Florian Weimer writes: > Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) writes: > >> So as not to be associated with the failure of an impossible mission ? > > Participation in the NMD project is a win/win situation. If the > system successfully stops an attack, this will greatly increase your > reputation. If the system fails, well, most of the people who could > criticize you are either dead or otherwise occupied for a longer time, > so this isn't a problem either. You take only the subset of "failure" involved with actually attempting to intercept a missile. If the system dies from budget overrun and failure to produce a working model, Ada suffers the reputation as a major part of code bloat that keeps things from being accomplished. Look at the Arianne, were Ada gets blamed for managers making a cost-cutting decision.