Re: CHALLENGE: typing and reusability (was: Re: blip)

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From: Darren New
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1991 20:42

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In article <jls.670121104@rutabaga> jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter) writes:
>This gets a little trickier when the code is running embedded in a
>$100 million satellite orbiting Venus.

Actually, I was under the impression that the space shuttle was programmed
in FORTH.  While technically not dynamically typed, you can (easily) pass
the wrong type to a FORTH function (word) and have it do nasty stuff.
I'm also under the impression that the software has never been the
cause of a serious (for some N) problem on the shuttle.

            -- Darren

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