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=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: fd705,7d4631c50b1f5c8d,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfd705,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-06 05:30:54 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!hubcap.clemson.edu!hubcap!mjs From: mjs@hubcap.clemson.edu (M. J. Saltzman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Date: 6 Dec 94 12:33:00 GMT Organization: Clemson University Message-ID: References: <3aa7jo$7j@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3bo402$23a@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <3bvc4k$1lla@watnews1.watson.ibm.com> <3c0ip0$t7d@felix.seas.gwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hubcap.clemson.edu Xref: bga.com comp.lang.ada:8328 comp.lang.c:33532 comp.programming:5649 comp.lang.c++:39800 comp.object:9503 alt.folklore.computers:29805 Date: 1994-12-06T12:33:00+00:00 List-Id: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes: >In article , >M. J. Saltzman wrote: >>Right enough. On the other hand, in the late 80's there was a "Star >>Wars" test involving a mirror on the Space Shuttle and a laser on the >>ground. At test time, it turned out that the Shuttle was oriented >>with the mirror pointing *away* from the earth. I believe that the >>error was indeed traced to faulty dimensional analysis (a distance in >>feet passed to a module that expected miles, or something similar). >Thanks! I knew I had seen it somewhere. :-) >Mike Feldman OK, now that I've related the story, I have realized that I don't have a bona fide citation to support it (although I have a quite vivid memory of it). So, can anyone supply a reference to supporting documentation? Thanks in advance. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs@clemson.edu