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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,e1a91c4d90acda97 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,e1a91c4d90acda97 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-18 12:45:58 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!news.iac.net!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.il.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Phil Staite" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ References: <945eeq$vmk$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A664EC4.6F679BE0@acm.org> <6Hu96.4848$rw.42689@e420r-atl2.usenetserver.com> <3A66AC63.74ECBADB@ix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: Safety-Critical Systems Developed Using C++ X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 20:45:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.178.211.46 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.il.home.com 979850714 24.178.211.46 (Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:45:14 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:45:14 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4185 comp.lang.c++:40446 Date: 2001-01-18T20:45:14+00:00 List-Id: "Ken Garlington" wrote in message news:awC96.8457$J%.852855@news.flash.net... > Which brings me back to the original question: Does anyone know of a > specific safety-critical application (military or non-military) that was > implemented in C++ and subsequently put into operational use? I've worked on some DoD projects where support gear for specific weapons systems was coded in C++. If the support gear doesn't work right, then it could certify a system as available when it wasn't, with obviously bad consequences. Of course, when the systems work right, they generally have bad consequences for someone else... I'm also working on a real-time medical system (EKG/heart monitoring) that is 100% C++ based. Can't go into any details due to NDA. Finally, any system running on an IBM AS/400 since the early 90s is running on an OS where the low-level code is C++. I imagine there are a fair number of hospitals using AS/400s. Also, I believe a number of places use AS/400s to control telephone switching gear. (I know of one entire country that uses them) Lots of life or death information passes over phones.