F. Britt Snodgrass asked: > much detail. Is anyone on this list familiar with STARS and know what > language(s) it is written in? STARS was developed by Raytheon and Hughes, with Raytheon as the primary contractor. The primary system was written in C (not C++). Hughes, now owned by Raytheon, wrote a backup system which may or may not have been written in Ada. I don't know much about the system, so I can't comment on the accuracy of the USA Today article. Tom =================================================== Tom Rhoads [log in to unmask] Vergennes, VT 05491, USA "I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. - Kahlil Gibran ===================================================