I should add, what I was told is that they were amazing, especially the pre-IBM Rational stuff. Rational was acquired by IBM in 2003. I was working on tech adja

I should add, what I was told is that they were amazing, especially the pre-IBM Rational stuff. Rational was acquired by IBM in 2003. I was working on tech adjacent to the JSF (F35). I was told by a guy working on the JSF that the extra bugs from C++ would mean better job security and he was 100% right. It’s pretty much that conversation that triggered my move into high tech and away from military. I think it’s a shame that IBM happened to Rational, a lot of nascent good ideas pretty much disappeared or were mangled beyond recognition.