RE: Nuclear Reactors & Blackout

["Robert C. Leif" <rleif@rleif.com>]

Since Ada is readable, design errors become more apparent. I should also
note that, the average C lovers' mentality neither favors clarity nor the
highest levels of safety.

Bob Leif
Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
Email rleif@rleif.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Hyman Rosen [mailto:hyrosen@mail.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 7:42 AM
To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
Subject: Re: Nuclear Reactors & Blackout

Robert C. Leif wrote:
> I believe that this would be considered a gross design error.
 > I suspect that it is software.

But then why would a gross design error make you a believer
in Ada? I could understand that if the C++ code was erroneous
you would belive that using Ada would prevent those problems
from occurring, but why would Ada prevent the board from applying
10 volts to a servo-amplifier at startup?