According to this Python success story, Python is being used in air traffic control software. One interesting aside: apparently Python replaced another scripting language. The project originally used Lua but found Python to be easier to develop and debug.
This reminds me of Sun’s original Java code license which would have precluded the language from being used on a project like this:
Software is not designed or intended for use in on-line control of aircraft, air traffic, aircraft navigation or aircraft communications; or in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear facility. Licensee warrants that it will not use or redistribute the Software for such purposes.
Sun amended the license several years ago. It no longer mentions air traffic control.
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