From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.lang.ada:2937 comp.lang.c++:5563 comp.infosystems:19 Path: utzoo!attcan!lsuc!sq!lee From: lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.infosystems Subject: Re: Ada & IBM Message-ID: <1989Nov19.201959.15369@sq.sq.com> Date: 19 Nov 89 20:19:59 GMT References: <7053@hubcap.clemson.edu> <7056@hubcap.clemson.edu> Reply-To: lee@sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin) Organization: Unixsys (UK) Ltd List-Id: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu wrote: > [...] "Ada and IBM... Capability and Committment" states: > IBM is committed to Ada. Ada's support for modern software > engineering concepts, its breadth of application, and its > support for reuseable software components place it squarely > in the forefront as a language of choice for both IBM's > software engineers and for IBM's customers. No doubt the simple elegance of Ada appealed to IBM, depite their well-known dislike of such small languages. Lee :-) -- Liam R. Quin, Unixsys (UK) Ltd [note: not an employee of "sq" - a visitor!] lee@sq.com (Whilst visiting Canada from England) lee@anduk.co.uk (Upon my return to England at Christmas)