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Spaceflight Trainee  
Joined: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:05 pm
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 Best programming language? Posted on: Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:51 amI did a general search for this topic, but I found nothing. What are the programming languages widely used in the aerospace field? I've read that all DoD contracts had to be ADA, but that has been dropped.
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Space Station Commander  
Joined: Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:55 pm
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Posted on: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:29 pm My last state of knowledge was that system critical functions are still coded in ADA or otherwise the company has to proof that these critical functions work without any bugs.
For non-critical functions all languages are nowadays allowed, so I guess the one most used is a C++ variant. In research I once used Fortran and C. _________________ "The hardest hurdle to space isn't the technicalities and money. But rather, the courage and the will to do it." - Burt Rutan. |
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Spaceflight Participant  
Joined: Wed May 21, 2008 4:21 pm
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Posted on: Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:08 pm We use C++, but only use the OO stuff VERY sparingly - just enough to make life a little easier, but making sure we don't do any dynamic memory allocation, and don't dynamically create objects because that can (depending on complexity) lead to non-deterministic run-time.
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Space Station Commander 
Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:22 pm
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Posted on: Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:40 pm verilog definitely needed (HDL), C is used extensively for low level stuff, and of course LabView/LabWindows for test environments.
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Space Station Member 
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Posted on: Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:08 pm C for DAQ and hardware control on the vehicle, LabView for DAQ on some of hte test hardware, and Matlab and Simulink for the GN&C system and associated simulators.
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