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F-35 flight tests are being delayed by onboard software snafus

Mark 85

Re: I can understand....

However, the thing that really puzzles me is why is it written in C++? This is a genuine question: I thought all US Milspec software had to be written in Ada.

I'd bet dollars to donuts it's because certain (ok... most) subcontractors and possibly even prime contractors haven't learned Ada. If the contractor comes from one country I can think of, if it's not Visual Basic, they can't work as they don't know any other language.

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