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Date: 14 May 93 11:01:29 GMT
From: mcsun!sunic!hagbard!loglule!prosys!ath@uunet.uu.net  (Anders Thulin)
Subject: Re: Verdix kisses off Ada
Message-ID: <1993May14.110129.9212@linkoping.trab.se>
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

In article <SRCTRAN.93May13124224@world.std.com> srctran@world.std.com (Gregory
 Aharonian) writes:

>
>	[Verdix] is looking to
>	refocus resources on its core software programming business,
>	particularly efforts in products for the C++ computer language,
>	which has eclipsed use of Ada outside of the Pentagon.
>
>
>    What will it take for the DoD to see the light and drop the Mandate?
>For all Ada compiler companies to fail and/or refocus on C++? 

Hardly. A solid economical study that strongly indicates that the life
time support costs for Ada-implementations are larger than those for
C++ products should be enough.

After all, that was the reason for Ada in the first place, wasn't it?

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Anders Thulin        ath@linkoping.trab.se        013-23 55 32
Telia Research AB, Teknikringen 2B, S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden