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From: Jeff Burns <jeff@grammatech.com>
Subject: Re: Advantages of ADA
Date: 1997/04/10
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Date: 1997-04-10T00:00:00+00:00
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Tom Wheeley wrote:

> Anyway, everyone knows that the development of Ada was sponsored by keyboard
> manufacturers in order that programmers wear out their keyboards faster...
> 

Of course this is true.

But it gave software tool manufacturers a golden opportunity to create
language-sensitive editors for Ada that reduce keyboard input.

Isn't it great how our economy works?


P.S. To the student who started this thread:  Check out
http://dejanews.com/ for past postings, rantings, and ravings about the
merits of Ada compared to other languages.

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