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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,fef3ad775ef4b0b7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!bnewspeer01.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!bnewspeer00.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!emea.uu.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool1.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Subject: Re: Ada for 1st year students Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de Organization: cbb software GmbH References: <60e0c5f0-1e17-4add-b21e-b1ef622d5233@v13g2000pro.googlegroups.com> <6gj2s5-0f9.ln1@newserver.thecreems.com> <543356bc-7862-45d2-9004-dfef69deab26@79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com> <1ujiscvmuttxs$.1qaf0kiw4lrdc.dlg@40tude.net> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:46:47 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Oct 2008 16:46:47 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 0b5f0f14.newsspool3.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=^G>T6D9T7Dh]l@YUW5NBknMcF=Q^Z^V3h4Fo<]lROoRa8kFocO`J0?CU?;i X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2357 Date: 2008-10-13T16:46:47+02:00 List-Id: On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:26:32 +0100, Colin Paul Gloster wrote: > On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > >|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| >|"[..] | >|> | >|> How can bleeding edge technology be risked in high-integrity systems? | >| | >|Very simple, because the complexity of high-integrity systems grows fast, | >|as they *necessarily* become networking, distributed and multi-tasking. [..]"| >|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > Networks; distributed systems; and multi-tasking have existed for > centuries. How are these bleeding edge? 1. In high-integrity systems? 2. Even without that at the level of engineering, for centuries there is no any industrial technology to design such systems. 3. Silicon exits almost since the Big Bang, nevertheless computer design is a bleeding edge. -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de