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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,382fcf8feeefdd50 X-Google-Thread: 1014db,382fcf8feeefdd50 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,gid1014db,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!out04a.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!in01.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!in03.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!pc02.usenetserver.com!news.flashnewsgroups.com-b7.4zTQh5tI3A!not-for-mail Followup-To: comp.lang.ada Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: computer language used to program Mars Lander References: <185ee7f9-9d4f-4f49-8dbe-6b623b8a8223@c58g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> From: Stephen Leake Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:04:09 -0400 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/22.2 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:axHmF3N92rYP9aDpSgnk0gIYaL4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@flashnewsgroups.com Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com X-Trace: 93eb1487c8c01c74cf41813472 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:6886 comp.lang.c:69809 Date: 2008-07-15T08:04:09-04:00 List-Id: "jhc0033@gmail.com" writes: > Interesting article I came across on Slashdot: > > http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/08/07/10/213211.shtml > > They are using C at JPL to program Mars Lander and just about > everything now! Not Ada. Anyone got an explanation? They are comfortable with their current tools, and simply refuse to consider others. I run into that attitude all the time. Even when they are considering adding tools like static analyzers, they won't consider changing languages. It's extremely frustrating! In the short run, sticking with what you know is safe. In the long run, it is a significant loss of productivity. JPL and many, many other places are sticking with the safe route. -- -- Stephe