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From the article: > a stealthy fighter jet years that is often called a flying computer because of its more than 8 million lines of code For all the critics,
by pi-err 12y ago
From the article:
> a stealthy fighter jet years that is often called a flying computer because of its more than 8 million lines of code
For all the critics, all the hate vs drones and leaner fighters and bombers, the F-35 _is_ an impressive engineering feat and a turning point, especially re:software.
At some point, a "Snow Leopard" version of the F-35 will turn out as a very fine piece of equipment, only possibly without the initial cost benefits expectations. Also: most learnings will probably be lost because the project will not have a decisive cost/performance advantage despite its complexity. The plane won't have a successor.
Hopefully we can hear at some point of contractors who worked on its systems.
- revelation 12y agoHuh? You can't boot any recent system without running code from software that totals many lines more than a mere 8 million. That they keep quoting it really just makes me scared for the people working there, their worth measured by the lines they contributed to the behemoth as dictated by people that started in the 70s and never did learn anything new.
- tormeh 12y agoYes, but not made in one go. It's sad that it's a giant piece of C++ fail, but you can't fault them for ambition.
- engi_nerd 12y agoThere's nothing they can really say that isn't already made public.