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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: [OT] Spirit - Software failure
Date: 26 Jan 2004 07:26:27 -0600
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In article <slrnc19roj.4bn.randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@k-083152.nt.ntnu.no>, Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org> writes:
> On 2004-01-26, Jano <402450@cepsz.unizar.es> wrote:
>> DISCLAIMER: I'm not sure if the software of the Spirit is in Ada or C
> 
> I don't know either, except that it was said to be programmed in C.

Even if it was programmed in C, I would think it could have been tested
more thoroughly.  Massive repeated long-term variagated testing of
memory management software should be one of the easier black box tests
to arrange.