Re: Ada and C++: A request for comparison/contrast/relative benefits

[agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!pipex!sunic!celsiustech.se!bjkae@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Bjorn Kallberg)]

In article <26292@alice.att.com> bs@alice.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup) writes:
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>Two days ago one of the new Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighter planes crashed
>during a low speed demonstration flight over central Stockholm. The problem
>was an error in the control system. That system is programmed in Ada. The
>pilot ejected safely and amazingly only a few people were injured when the
>plane hit the ground.
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This is not true.

1. The control system is not programmed in Ada. However, there are
some plans, that a future replacement may be programmed in Ada.

2. There has not yet been any statements from the crash investigators
or anybody else with a technical insight on the reasons for the crash.
However, there have been numerous statements by others.


/Bjorn Kallberg
(also an eyewitness)