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From: Stefan Skoglund <stetson@ebox.tninet.se>
Subject: Re: Help me to chose between ADA 95 and C++
Date: 1999/12/20
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Ted Dennison wrote:
> That's really wierd, because I'd say just the opposite (well, perhaps
> not the "expensive" part). But most sources will tell you that the C++
> standard is *more* complicated. I'd say the amount of compiler bugs, if
> indeed they are more (I don't know that for a fact) are probably due to
> you using a much less exercised compiler for Ada than you do for C++.
> 

As usual the vendors asks the price they think they can get and if
the buyer is a DoD contract worker the buyer takes it.

Why is UNIX productivity sw so expensive compared to its PC
counterparts.

Personally i would love seeing a hard slash on Framemaker (why is the
PC version cheaper ?.)