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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,325c54deb91283fd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-24 23:24:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Ada in Iraq X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:25:13 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.88.60.69 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1051251893 219.88.60.69 (Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:24:53 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:24:53 NZST Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36521 Date: 2003-04-25T18:25:13+12:00 List-Id: "W D Tate" wrote in message news:ccf933d0.0304241145.2e224252@posting.google.com... > "Alexandre E. Kopilovitch" wrote in message news:... > > Apparently gods are now against public travel by air: first they arranged 9/11, > > then they sent SARS, and at last they push Java into Air Traffic Management. > > But one can hope that at least there will be banners "Java Inside" on towers. > > Actually I would prefer something akin to the U.S. Surgeon General's > warning on cigarette packages that could be afixed to the side of > every piece of critical-care medical equipment and airline cockpit. I > shudder to think.... Actually, that could be quite interesting. Let's suppose that each and every manufacturer of a safety-critical equipment (such as medical X-Rays, Flight Control software or even ordinary traffic lights on you nearest corner) had to declare by law what language is inside and affix a prominently visible label on it stating so. Let's take a poll: How many C/C++ advocates would *really* like those stickers? Especially when it comes to some critical things?