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From: mojaveg@ridgecrest.ca.us (Everett M. Greene)
Subject: Re: How many different processors do you use?
Date: 1999/06/10
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In article <7jl9n3$n9j$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk> mgk25@cl.cam.ac.uk (Markus Kuhn) writes:
> In article <7jjij7$qci$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, muddy_buddy@my-deja.com writes:
> |> BTW I know Ada and it is better than C, though the tools aren't too
> |> hot.
> 
> Oh, you definitely should have a look at Ada again! Things have
> improved *dramatically* in the last 2-3 years. The old 1983 Ada
> language (which was quite nice but had a few nasty quirks)
> was significantly revised in 1995 and has now become Ada95
> [snip]
> You *really* should have a look again at Ada95 and the tools
> available in 1999 and forget *everything* that you knew about the
> popularity of Ada before 1997.
> [snip]

It took 16 years to produce something which is useful?

And this is after it took 10+ years to get to the `83
product?

To say that this speed is glacial is an insult to glaciers.

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