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From: Colin Paul Gloster <Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org>
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On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, Cesar Rabak wrote:

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|Yes, but this is subject to another thread. But before you get too much hope, |
|remember an int overflow did blow an Arianne rocket..."                       |
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An Ariane 5 rocket which was running flawless software for an Ariane 4
rocket which was misapplied to the Ariane 5 by a manager despite
objections from the software developers. Furthermore, Ada could have
had an exception handler there, but it has not yet proven to be
necessary for an Ariane 4.


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|As I mentioned in this thread, the error about measurement systems that costed|
|NASA a Mars mission was coded in type safe system's language, wasn't it?      |
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I do not know. Some hints...
FORTRAN influence:
Robert B. Love
Subject: Re: Loss of Mars Climate Orbiter due to units of measurment conflicts
Date: 1999/10/02
Message-ID: <6C26F727ACB69543.66B23092D324DEF8.14EA2C28DF27855B@lp.airnews.net>#1/1
comp.lang.ada
(and Ada advocacy: Michel DELARCHE
Subject: Re: Loss of Mars Climate Orbiter due to units of measurment conflicts
Date: 1999/10/02
Message-ID: <37F64C20.1A05BCF3@cybercable.fr>#1/1
)
and
Lockheed Martin did not adhere to contracted units:
Michel DELARCHE
Subject: Re: Loss of Mars Climate Orbiter due to units of measurment conflicts
Date: 1999/10/02
Message-ID: <37F648AE.566C2BB8@cybercable.fr>#1/1