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> Sadly, my very first ever project as a programmer was porting an Ada codebase to C for the 787 (off by one errors for days...). that's a terrifying statement
by mkramlich 11y ago
> Sadly, my very first ever project as a programmer was porting an Ada codebase to C for the 787 (off by one errors for days...).
that's a terrifying statement. to those of us who know what a person's first programming projects are like, quality-wise
just terrifying. mindlessly stupid on your management's part
- anderspitman 11y agoKeep in mind we're talking about C-level communications software, not an autopilot system. And the code was eventually tested heavily, just in a very inefficient and expensive manner. But I don't completely disagree with your assessment.