bob@imspw6.UUCP (Bob Burch) (05/06/89)
From: Ted Holden, HTE Darin Johnson, of Lockheed AI Center, Menlo Park, writes: >>I was visiting the Space Research Institute in Moscow a little over >>a year ago. At least there, they have standardized on one kind >>of computer: IBM clones. >At least we don't have to worry them getting any technical >advantage over us. I'm not the least bit worried about the Russkies gaining any technical edge over American private industry; the U.S. government, however, may be another story. Picture flying an F-30, all of its systems programmed in Ada by one of the nifty companies which regularly make headlines for their dealings with the U.S. military, along with an appropriate mix of 8-A subs, against a MIG-45 programmed in Borland's Turbo C 2.0 or Zortech's C++ (either of which said Russkies might have for roughly $100)... Care to bet who'ld win?? Ted Holden HTE
rang@cpsin3.cps.msu.edu (Anton Rang) (05/06/89)
In article <234@imspw6.UUCP> bob@imspw6.UUCP (Bob Burch) writes: I'm not the least bit worried about the Russkies gaining any technical edge over American private industry; the U.S. government, however, may be another story. Picture flying an F-30, all of its systems programmed in Ada by one of the nifty companies which regularly make headlines for their dealings with the U.S. military, along with an appropriate mix of 8-A subs, against a MIG-45 programmed in Borland's Turbo C 2.0 or Zortech's C++ (either of which said Russkies might have for roughly $100)... Care to bet who'ld win?? Ever tried writing a million lines of C in Turbo? Good luck... 1/2 :-) +---------------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | Anton Rang (grad student) | "VMS Forever!" | VOTE on | | Michigan State University | rang@cpswh.cps.msu.edu | rec.music.newage! | +---------------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | Send votes for/against rec.music.newage to "rang@cpswh.cps.msu.edu". | +---------------------------+------------------------+-------------------+