Re:Integer Overflow Bug in Boeing 787 Dreamliner
by anderspitman on Saturday May 02, 2015 @03:29PM
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C is incredibly portable and tons of programmers know it. Ada is great in a lot of ways but just never got the traction it needed to be #1.
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Re:Integer Overflow Bug in Boeing 787 Dreamliner
by azth on Saturday May 02, 2015 @11:08PM
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Sure, but shouldn't safety be the number one concern here? Programmers can always be trained to learn it, as long as they demonstrate competence. It seems like an unfortunate case of trying to cut costs at the cost of safety.