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Subject: Re: Ada vs Fortran for scientific applications
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From: "Ed Falis" <falis@verizon.net>
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On Wed, 24 May 2006 14:34:58 -0400, Gordon Sande  
<g.sande@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> The urban legends have the Fortran error of a DO loop that changed into
> an assignment because of a typo changing a comma into a period and
> a satellite was lost. For Ada it is a tossed interrupt that caused a
> launch failure. Bad practice of one will always be inferior to good
> practice of the other.

In the Ariane 5 case, it wasn't the language, but mismanagement in  
applying software appropriate to a launcher with different flight  
parameters to a new one without review.

- Ed