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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:aed:3323:: with SMTP id u32mr9683459qtd.258.1589673299861; Sat, 16 May 2020 16:54:59 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:aca:ed10:: with SMTP id l16mr1491460oih.84.1589673299607; Sat, 16 May 2020 16:54:59 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder5.feed.usenet.farm!feed.usenet.farm!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 16:54:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=47.185.215.60; posting-account=zwxLlwoAAAChLBU7oraRzNDnqQYkYbpo NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.185.215.60 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <3baf4a73-aae7-4f99-9786-ba5153118c81@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Not to incite a language war but apparently the Corona lockdown was based on 13 year old undocumented C-Code From: Optikos Injection-Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 23:54:59 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:58709 Date: 2020-05-16T16:54:59-07:00 List-Id: On Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 5:31:17 PM UTC-5, Niklas Holsti wrote: > On 2020-05-11 21:49, Rick Newbie wrote: > > This link is probably not reported in the MSM very much but I think it'= s=20 > > relevant. Not that I believe that Ada would have magically made=20 > > everything better, but to base the decision to destroy the Western=20 > > economies on code written in the C language that isn't even commented i= s=20 > > somewhat out of dystopian fantasy. There's a reason C is not used in=20 > > safety critical applications. > > I want to share this article here before it gets buried in the memory h= ole > >=20 > >=20 > > https://chrisvoncsefalvay.com/2020/05/09/imperial-covid-model/ >=20 > A post on comp.risks points to a different opinion, which includes a=20 > discussion of why the above "review" is mistaken: >=20 > =20 > https://philbull.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/why-you-can-ignore-reviews-of-s= cientific-code-by-commercial-software-developers/amp/ >=20 > Some of the points made were already made in the comp.lang.ada=20 > discussion, but there are also others. (sigh) Code smells in the source code are code smells in the source code it= self, regardless of whomever the speaker is and regardless of whichever imp= rimatur of letters do or don't follow their name. Niklas, you really are d= efending some sort of elite priesthood that lesser unwashed masses shall be= unworthy to critique. I'd rather cheer Anatoly's work onward than hear mo= re about how the incumbent priesthood is rightly teflon coated and that the= unwashed masses shall not dare to scratch the High Priesthood's perfect te= flon. Hopefully your URLs will spark greater productive debate instead of stifle = it.