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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+news@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: Protest against the war on Iraq
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 11:50:47 +0000 (UTC)
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Dale Stanbrough wrote:
> Does anyone know if the munitions in Iraq are coded in Ada, or are
> they mainly C++, or even PL/1? :-)

I guess the smart bombs[*] are coded in Ada and the dumb bombs in C++.
Dirty bombs are coded in C. ;-) The Patriot missiles seem to have
some problems shooting down the Iraq missiles.

Preben