From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2003-07-09T22:41:48+09:00
Subject: Re: NASA using Ruby?

On Wednesday,  9 July 2003 at 12:38:14 +0900, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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..."
> 

I don't know. Was there any foam used in the construction
of scanf?


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Jim Freeze
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