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From: Mike Hall <mike.hall@gecm.com>
Subject: Re: Computer Programming for Everybody?
Date: 1999/09/13
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mitch@nospam.com wrote:

> What is the programming world comming to, I wonder.
>
> What we need is a book called 'Ada for dummies' and 'Ada in 21 days' to
> help make Ada more popular. (I always wondered why they picked the number
> 21 days? what is so special about 21 days? why not 22 days?).
>

Because 3 (weeks) times 7 (days) is 21 (days). Even in Ada, most times.

:-)

Mike