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From: "Theodore E. Dennison" <dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com>
Subject: Re: Steelman is online!
Date: 1996/08/01
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Anthony Shipman wrote:
> 
> In <evans-3007961039190001@ppp7.pgh.net> evans@evans.pgh.pa.us (Arthur Evans Jr) writes:
> 
> >In article <4tif8a$8o6@disunms.epfl.ch>, Magnus.Kempe@di.epfl.ch (Magnus
> >Kempe) wrote:
> 
> >> The Steelman document (the 1978 requirements for Ada) is finally
> >> available online...
> >>
> > [snip]
> >>
> >> The document is part of a new section that deals with the history of Ada
> >> (requirements, rationales, etc.).
> 
> Are there documents about the losing bids (e.g. red language) ?

I'd like to see that too. I would be interesting to see what Ada would have
looked like if one of the other "colors" was accepted.

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