Hah! Good one. Parent is clearly referring to Ada and the oft-quoted chapter 9 of NASA's Ada Style Guide (c. 1987). https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntr

Hah! Good one. Parent is clearly referring to Ada and the oft-quoted chapter 9 of NASA's Ada Style Guide (c. 1987). https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19870013758.pdf https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/198700... The discussion of pitfalls surrounding Ada's task facility is eerily familiar to what you're reading in this thread 31 years later.