From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-07-09T12:38:14+09:00
Subject: Re: NASA using Ruby?

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From: "Harry Ohlsen" <harryo@qiqsolutions.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:05 PM
Subject: NASA using Ruby?


> I noticed a reference in the intro blurb for Dave Thomas's talk at OSCON
to NASA doing numerical simulations using Ruby.
>
> However, a number of quick googles have failed to find any mention of it.
I expected that it might be in the Real World Ruby section of RubyGarden,
but it's not there, either.
>
> Does anyone have any further information, or a URL?

IIRC, Bil Kleb was using Ruby to help
investigate the Columbia disaster. That's all
I know about.

It caught the attention of David Alan Black and
me because he was using scanf. :)

And David's comment was, "Well, at least scanf
didn't CAUSE the disaster..."

Hal

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