Comments on: IBM code to go aloft with NASA space telescope

Big Blue wins contract to supply development tools for the 200,000 lines of C++ code NASA needs to run the telescope.
Photos: Hubble's replacement to probe the past

[Commander_Spock]

"Krasner...

... advocates UML 2.0, the latest version of the standard, because it makes development faster and makes it easier to change complex systems..."; therefore (as with (VOYAGER: http://voyager.netlabs.org/dov/ ) this analogy augers well for CASINNI. The way to go IBM!

[extinctone]

So much for efficient

I've yet to see generated code that didn't:

A. Look like crap.
B. Use far more computing resources than custom code.
C. Need a lot of "tweaking" (ie: custom code fixes)

Somebody at NASA just bought a bill of goods.

[Ton Janssen]

Re: So much for efficient

Want to see generated code that doesn't look like crap, is efficient and does not use too much computing resources? Come take a look at Oce Technologies. We have been using Rational Rose Real-Time succesfully since 1998. We deployed it on several small processors (16/32 bit) from 40Mhz to 2Ghz. Runs smoothly. Never found ANY bug in the code generated by the tool! My opinion is that NASA has seen the light. Congratulations!