Re: F22 Raptor in slashdot.org

[aek@vib.usr.pu.ru (Alexander Kopilovitch)]

Dmytry Lavrov <m31415@mail.ru> wrote:

> > If I remember, the new code is in C++
>
>Really? I'm understanding right? It's not about Novalogic game F22
>raptor? It's F22 raptor military airplane?  Military avionics in C++?
>
>Heh,our MIGS will not shot it : it will fall due to bad pointer
>operation or memory leak, without any shot ;-).

You don't understand the stategical gain: a potential enemy certainly will
copy the technology, believing that the world leader's technology must be
superior. But that potential enemy will not allocate such huge resources for
reviewing, verification and testing as the leader will do. Therefore the
enemy's military airplanes will have more bugs in their avionics and thus
will be inferior - just what is needed. Remember, that military airplane
need not be best possible - it is enough for it to be significantly better
than enemy's airplane. It is the difference that matters there, so you should
try to maximize it.

-;) , if you wish.

> Bad side of things that next step is nuclear war caused by memory leak in C++.
> "Please reboot your civilisation ..." .Really.

Well, memory leaks and bad pointers in the brains of some people still are
much more significant dangers for civilization than any C++ (and even Java -;)
software.



Alexander Kopilovitch                      aek@vib.usr.pu.ru
Saint-Petersburg
Russia