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From: kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com (Jim Kingdon)
Subject: Re: ARIANE-5 Failure
Date: 1996/06/09
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> For instance, I think the Fortran language design bears at least a piece
> of responsibility for the Venus probe bug.

You mean the one which gets blamed on DO I=1.20 (where DO I=1,20 is meant)?

Do you happen to have a reference for this?  My (very vague)
recollection is that some people have said this story is true and
others have said it apocryphal, and I don't think I've seen anything
authoritative either way.