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From: "Matthew M. Lih" <matt.lih@trw.com>
Subject: Re: Once again, Ada absent from DoD SBIR solicitation
Date: 1996/10/11
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Bill Nielsen wrote:

> Questions:
> Are the conditions that led to the creation of Ada no longer valid or are
> they just as valid today with new languages and variants popping up every
> few months?
> Is it time to overhaul the Ada mandate and face reality?
> Does the Ada mandate conflict with the desire of DoD to use best commercial
> practice?

Depends. I hear different people use the buzzwords "best commercial
practice", but "best" is a relative term, "good" is an absolute. 
Does anyone have any examples of a *good* commercial practice they'd
like to share?


Matthew M. Lih
TRW Enterprise Solutions