MvV> We have had accidents because of software errors before. Remember that
 MvV> Mars  lander that crashed because someone mixed up meters and
 MvV> feet?

 MvV> And the Ariane V that crashed because its software that was
 MvV> taken from the lighter Ariane IV had a Y2K like overflow in
 MvV> a critical parameter?

I used to be a member of ACM's SigSOFT and received Peter Neuman's
"Risks to the Public" in the newsletter.  The F16 fly-by-wire had
more than a few spectacular bugs.

... Real programmers can write FORTRAN in ANY language.
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