AdaWorks wrote: > [snip] > I would be most unhappy to hear that some pilot crashed because of a memory > leak, runaway pointer, or automatic promotion of an argument call in a > C++ program. These are scary times for anyone whose life depends on the > quality of the software. My bet is that those incidents will be relatively few. But that will be only because of the countless hours of debugging and adding of exception handling. Extra hours that wouldn't be needed with Ada. We'll start to see project costs balloon and schedules become longer. Gary -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary Kephart, Software Engineer | Investment Technology Group, Inc Phone: (213)270-7544 | 400 Corporate Pointe, Suite 855 Fax: (310)216-0933 | Culver City, CA 90230 mailto:[log in to unmask] | http://www.itginc.com Team Ada member | "The Future of Trading" Disclaimer: these are my opinions, not ITG's.