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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: What ada 83 compiler is *best*
Date: 1998/12/08
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In article <m3hfv6xqqu.fsf@mheaney.ni.net>, Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org> writes:

> 2) The world wasn't ready for another large language.  Parnas, Hoare,
>    Dijkstra were all critical of the language, noting especially its
>    size, and when guys like that talk, people listen.

I doubt that more than 5% of today's C programmers recognize and of
those names.  Would anyone argue that the percentage is higher for
decision-making managers ?

Larry Kilgallen