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

[dst17!mab@ford-wdl1.arpa (Mark A Biggar)]

In article <1993Aug13.060743.10754@celsiustech.se> bjkae@celsiustech.se (Bjorn 
Kallberg) writes:
>In article <26292@alice.att.com> bs@alice.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup) writes:
>>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.
>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.

Actually there is, the pilot has said that he heard at least one
circuit-breaker blow just before he lost control of the plane, so it
may well be a purely electrical or machanical problem and not
software at all. (This is from a recent RISKS-DIGEST)

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Mark Biggar
mab@wdl.loral.com