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Subject: Ada Professionalism?
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Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 11:14:00 EST
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As a member of SIGada, I must object to this latest round of bureaucratic
frivolity.

Ada is a good language and Ada is a large language, but mastery of Ada is not
beyond the abilities of all but an elite group. This licensing and apprentice-
ship is utter drivel. Why is this necessary? Why not have a license and 
apprenticeship program for managers? From what I read and see on T.V., this is
needed more than a program for Ada Software Personnel (I assume soon to become
the acronym ASP).

And what about this Censure and Peer Review nonsense? This is a potential
powder keg which carries all sorts of overtones. I can just see it: The Ada
Inquisition.

Come on, the ACM was not organized for these purposes.