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From: Jeff Pimper <jeffyp@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re; Some questions about Ada
Date: 1996/05/17
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Dave Jones wrote:
> 
> For Ada to become as popular as C/C++, one of two things needs to happen:
> 

I always thought that Ada would never be accepted as a viable lanaguage
until Borland comes out with Turbo Ada.  Until then it will probably
remain a niche language, no matter how good it is.  In the market place
perception is everything.  Every computer store in the world sells
C/C++ compilers, almost none sell Ada compilers.  As good as Ada is, it
will probably never overcome such market penetration (remember Betamax 
VCRs?).

Jeff Pimper
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