Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Mar 2000 19:42:29 +0000 (GMT) | From | Dale Amon <> | Subject | Re: Reliability |
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As Chip noted, some aerospace applications steer clear of anything that makes the code unpredictable. The shuttle computers are like this for example. They need to be absolutely verifiable and testable, and any form of asynchronous behavior makes that impossible.
I don't believe this is as much the case for unmanned or non-mission critical manned systems. I even know of one commercial company that is planning on <goes into uncontrollable shuddering> using Windows CE for planetary missions.
In any case, aerospace is a whole different kettle from what most of you are used to. And a whole lot more can be at risk.
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