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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada in Boeing 787
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On Feb 4, 5:09=A0am, Jerry <lancebo...@qwest.net> wrote:
> I have an engineer friend who is a long-time employee of Honeywell
> Flight Systems who claims that the Boeing 787 does not use Ada ("It's
> an old language"). My friend, as i recall, manages a project involving
> the airplane's entertainment system which he says uses C and C++ and
> not Ada. I don't doubt that his subsystem uses C but a bit of web
> research seems to indicate that the flight systems use Ada. Who is
> right--the web or my friend who works on the airplane?

Ada is in the Common Core system:

http://www.adacore.com/2004/04/20/wind-river-teams-with-adacore-on-platform=
-safety-critical-arinc-653-for-use-in-boeing-7e7-common-core-system/

Ada is in the air conditioning:

http://www.adacore.com/2006/05/01/hamilton-sundstrand-selects-gnat-pro-for-=
boeing-787-air-conditioning-pack-control-unit/

Friends don't let friends program in C++.

--
Ludovic Brenta.