Re: A scapegoat once again :(

["Vinzent Hoefler" <0439279208b62c95f1880bf0f8776eeb@t-domaingrabbing.de>]

Britt Snodgrass wrote:

> Seen on DailyTech today:
>
> http://www.dailytech.com/F22+Upgrades+Over+Budget+and+Behind+Schedule+F35+May+Cost+1T+in+Operating+Costs/article21692.htm
>
> "The cause of the delay in delivery stems from the programming
> language used called Ada. The Ada language was once a DoD standard,
> but the use of the language has waned in the last 15 years. Analyst
> Loren Thompson from the Lexington Institute said, "It tends to impede
> quick upgrades to the system to which it is the base software."

Yeah right. What an idiot.

Maybe they should do it all in pluggable Javascript, some C++ for the
time-critical parts and a bit of C# as glue code.

I can imaging the face of the pilot upon

"The flight-control software has stopped working.
  Windows is checking for a solution..."

For the sake of the pilot let's just hope that the ejection seat control is
hardwired and not controlled by the same "easily upgradable" crap.


Vinzent.

-- 
A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people carrying
razors.
   --  Waldi Ravens