Re: computer language used to program Mars Lander

[christoph.grein@eurocopter.com]

On 16 Jul., 01:35, "Phaedrus" <phaedrus...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Sadly, these blunders and others don't get remembered as "how NOT to manage
> a software project", they get filed under "Ada sucks".   We need to convince
> them to give her another chance.

I remember a guy appearing at Ada Europe conference in Toulouse
speaking about a project they started in Ada. They had no clear idea
what to do, didn't really know the language, had no strategy, they
really muddled along - and of course failed miserably. Then he
continued with saying, OK, we redid the project now that we knew what
and how to do, and we used C and it was a success. We will never again
use Ada.

(A fool with a good tool is still a fool.)