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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Unchecked_Deallocation subtleties
Date: 15 Apr 2003 07:00:49 -0500
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In article <yecr8844pdh.fsf@king.cts.com>, Keith Thompson <kst@cts.com> writes:
> Nick Roberts <nickroberts@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
> [...]
>> Presumably the Ada compiler that NASA uses for the Space Shuttle's
>> flight software will not (and should not) be quite the same as the
>> Ada compiler I use for my train set controller.
> 
> Why not?  If there's an Ada compiler of high enough quality to use for
> the Space Shuttle's flight software, why shouldn't you use the same
> compiler for your train set controller?

Perhaps you have train set requirements to use a more modern
processor than the latest one vetted for the Space Shuttle.
Most of us, for instance, adopt a cavalier attitude of not
requiring radiation-hardened processors for a train set.