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From: Scott Ingram` <scott@silver.jhuapl.edu>
Subject: Re: Customer balks at Ada -- any hope?
Date: 2000/07/18
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Larry Kilgallen wrote:

> In article <3974EE3D.1F8E016E@silver.jhuapl.edu>, Scott Ingram` <scott@silver.jhuapl.edu> writes:
>
> > We now move to the "warranty" domain, can you warrant that C will
> > be around in 25 years?
>
> Ok, if the answer is yes, how about 38 years ?

Larry,

I hope you have a reason that 38 would be a significant number?
As I noted in another thread, I have little formal training in anything...and I
am way too lazy to do any math in a motel room.