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=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_LOCAL_HEX, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,7e8cebf09cf80560 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Vinzent Hoefler" <0439279208b62c95f1880bf0f8776eeb@t-domaingrabbing.de> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How would Ariane 5 have behaved if overflow checking were notturned off? Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:55:31 +0100 Message-ID: References: <82d3lsvqw7.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <4d8200cc$0$43837$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4d835400$0$43840$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net CGFQVaUtTquNDfqXwqdHPgow4tYrQja4HP2PRsanv4voRm6dbP Cancel-Lock: sha1:HnRZofbC7VAsWP+/f7RAWNGT984= User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.01 (Win32) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:19273 Date: 2011-03-18T16:55:31+01:00 List-Id: robin wrote: > Vinzent Hoefler <0439279208b62c95f1880bf0f8776eeb@t-domaingrabbing.de> wrote in message ... >> robin wrote: >> >>> The remedy could have been as simple as substituting the >>> largest magnitude integer (with appropriate sign). >> >> And if _that_ would have caused the rocket to crash, you would >> blame the software again and just suggest another fix, I suppose. > > I suggest that you read the Full Report: Yeah, right. As if I hadn't done that more than once before. > "... the computers within the SRIs could > have continued to provide their best estimates of the required attitide information." Did they test that their assumption would have been correct? Advice is just like experience. You get a lot of, right after you needed it. Vinzent. -- A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people carrying razors. -- Waldi Ravens