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From: Bill Ghrist <ghristwd@pgh.net>
Subject: Re: When will Ada's big moment arrive?
Date: 1999/05/28
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Robert I. Eachus wrote:
> 
> Chris wrote:
> 
> > So, will Ada ever gets it day, and become very popular?
> > What is missing from Ada that does not make it as popular
> > as Java or C or C++ or Delphi or Perl or Python or VB etc..?
> 
>      Imagine a book named "Ada for Dummies."  Case Closed.
> --

Actually, I think that sounds like a great idea.  Package it with GNAT
for Windows and AdaGide on a ready-to-load CD, and you might have a real
winner.  Don't be fooled by the "For Dummies" name--those books are not
necessarily for the unintelligent, simply for those who are starting out
with very little knowledge of the subject.  The only one I have had
experience with is "HTML for Dummies", but when I was looking for a good
reference book on HTML, it was by far the most useful one that I found. 
Who knows--with some savy marketing, this could be the new Turbo Pascal
:-)

Regards,
Bill Ghrist