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The C++ standard for the F-35 Fighter Jet [video]

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327 points AareyBaba | 2 comments | 07 Dec 25 18:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.436s | source
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jandrewrogers ◴[07 Dec 25 18:35 UTC] No.46183899[source]▶
For those interested, the F-35 (née Joint Strike Fighter) C++ coding standards can be found here, all 142 pages of it:

https://www.stroustrup.com/JSF-AV-rules.pdf

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1. msla ◴[07 Dec 25 19:46 UTC] No.46184493[source]▶
Interesting they're using C++ as opposed to Ada.
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2. WD-42 ◴[07 Dec 25 19:48 UTC] No.46184514[source]▶
The video goes into the history of why the military eventually accepted c++ instead of enforcing Ada.