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Date: 22 Mar 92 23:42:19 GMT
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Subject: Re: Why ADA?
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In article <1992Mar21.235624.1@jaguar.uofs.edu>, das11@jaguar.uofs.edu writes:
 
> 	at my university, they stress ada development.  why should i
> 	program in ada when there is c?  what does ada offer me?  please,
> 	do not give me the crap that c is a glorified assembler.

> 	if i program with good oo style, what does ada buy me that i
> 	can not do in c?
 
Job security (since the same product in Ada will take many times as long
as in C), the undying gratitude of senator Robert Byrd, numerous generals
and other misinformed people in DOD, the gratitude of numerous psychiatrists,
whose services you will require, the gratitude of this nations enemies, since
Ada makes critical American software less reliable and many times longer
in development than it should be...  Need more?

Ted Holden
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