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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f948976d12c7ee33 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-22 11:07:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!small1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny03.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Boeing and Dreamliner X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 18:07:05 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.154.231.130 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny03.gnilink.net 1056305225 141.154.231.130 (Sun, 22 Jun 2003 14:07:05 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 14:07:05 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:39571 Date: 2003-06-22T18:07:05+00:00 List-Id: "Larry Kilgallen" wrote in message news:BlP8QhSlZjC+@eisner.encompasserve.org... > In article , Hyman Rosen writes: > > rleif wrote: > >> All the Boeing management need to do is read the JAVA and C# literature on > >> why these languages were created. Choosing an inferior technology is bad; > >> choosing and inferior, obsolete technology is worse. > >> > >> I might note that there are enough potential expert witnesses in this group > >> to cause Boeing grave financial damage in the event management is negligent > >> in the choice of programming language and this negligence leads to deaths or > >> injuries. > > > > Ada made the Ariane 5 crash! > > Inappropriate software reuse, possibly caused by management pennypinching, > made the Ariane 5 crash. All of this was hashed out years ago in the "Ariane 5 failure" thread from several years ago. See http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&threadm=325572AA.4663%40delphi.com&rnum=6&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DISO-8859-1%26safe%3Doff%26q%3D%2522Ariane%2B5%2522%26meta%3Dgroup%253Dcomp.lang.ada