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From: crocker@motcid.UUCP (Ronald T. Crocker)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: "Ada and C++", from comp.software-eng
Message-ID: <5026@berry19.UUCP>
Date: 6 May 91 21:56:01 GMT
References: <5148@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Organization: Motorola Inc. - Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL 60004
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In article <5148@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> abdlm@robots.span.nasa.gov writes:
>Wasn't this the system (or one similar to it) that took out the whole east 
>coast of the U.S. with a pointer bug last year. Chalk up another victory for
>the power of pointers and C++. 
>
>-D. Miller, Goddard robotics Laboratory.
>--My opinions arn't my employers.

The root cause was a missing break statement in a switch statement.


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Ron Crocker
Motorola Radio-Telephone Systems Group, Cellular Infrastructure Group
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