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Re:Integer Overflow Bug in Boeing 787 Dreamliner by mkramlich on Saturday May 02, 2015 @05:23PM (#9478630)
> Sadly, my very first ever project as a programmer was porting an Ada codebase to C for the 787 (off by one errors for days...).

that's a terrifying statement. to those of us who know what a person's first programming projects are like, quality-wise

just terrifying. mindlessly stupid on your management's part

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Re:Integer Overflow Bug in Boeing 787 Dreamliner by anderspitman on Saturday May 02, 2015 @08:36PM (#9479213)
Keep in mind we're talking about C-level communications software, not an autopilot system. And the code was eventually tested heavily, just in a very inefficient and expensive manner. But I don't completely disagree with your assessment.
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Re:Integer Overflow Bug in Boeing 787 Dreamliner by azth on Saturday May 02, 2015 @11:33PM (#9479718)
Do you think Java or a JVM language have been better suited for this task instead of C?
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Re:Integer Overflow Bug in Boeing 787 Dreamliner by mkramlich on Sunday May 03, 2015 @08:07PM (#9483625)
fair considerations
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