______________________________________________________________________________ / Do not allow this language (Ada) in its present state to be used in \ | applications where reliability is critical, i.e., nuclear power stations, | | cruise missiles, early warning systems, anti-ballistic missile defense | | systems. The next rocket to go astray as a result of a programming language | | error may not be an exploratory space rocket on a harmless trip to Venus: | | It may be a nuclear warhead exploding over one of our cities. An unreliable | | programming language generating unreliable programs constitutes a far | | greater risk to our environment and to our society than unsafe cars, toxic | | pesticides, or accidents at nuclear power stations. | \ -- C. A. R. Hoare / ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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