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Date: 6 Nov 92 14:19:16 GMT
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troyer!lambda.msfc.nasa.gov!robichau@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (Paul Robichaux)
Subject: Re: Who uses Ada??
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In <9110003@hpavla.lf.hp.com> hawk@hpavla.lf.hp.com (Dave Hawk) writes:

>How about those of us that want to use Ada, but are told to use C?

Amen to that. Would you believe that at one point, the estimated difference
in lifecycle cost (i.e. the total delta over the estimated 30-year
life of a particular system) was $45 million HIGHER if Ada was the
development language?

I didn't believe it either, but it's unfortunately true.

And of course I'm not speaking for NASA or New Technology, Inc.

-Paul
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