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From: Geoff Bull <geoff@research.canon.com.au>
Subject: Re: Britannica on Ada
Date: 2000/03/01
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David Botton wrote:
> 
> Just got my Britannica DVD 2000 and look what comes up:
> 
> ... ordinary users may feel awkward using Ada. ...
> 
> I certainly find Ada easier then Java, C or C++ particularly when it comes
> time to read some one else's code ;-)

Yes David, but you are not exactly ordinary! :-)

Perhaps you could send them a better entry for the 2001 edition?

Cheers
Geoff