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From: martin%boot.decnet@edwards-tems.af.mil
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Ada mandates for European Community, NATO, NASA
Summary: It just be illegal to write DOD code in FORTRAN.
Keywords: Ada, FORTRAN, Illegal, Mandate, Law
Message-ID: <1991Jun6.165406.70@%boot.decnet@edwards-tems.af.mil>
Date: 6 Jun 91 23:54:05 GMT
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In article <0D010010.4baydf@brain.UUCP>, chuck@brain.UUCP (Chuck Shotton) writes:

> .... [stuff deleted] .... Congress
> certainly hasn't passed legislation making it illegal to code in Fortran.
> 

     In the Defense Authorization Act of 1991 it provides that:

     "Where cost effective, Ada shall be used for all Department of Defense
     software."

     (This is an approximate quote, I just saw this again today in a trade pub,
but I can't seem to locate it just now.)

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