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From: john@nospam.demon.co.uk (John McCabe)
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Subject: Re: Ada in Iraq
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On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 09:18:29 -0700, Richard Riehle
<richard@adaworks.com> wrote:

>Those who are bullied into using Ada resent Ada.  The resentment
>strikes at Ada, but it is really aimed at the bullies.   In my experience,
>those who use Ada successfully, and there are lots of people who
>do, persuade themselves of its benefits.

But then there are people like me who are 'bullied' into Ada, resent
it, then end up using it successfully and see the light!

My 'blinding flash' was being able to write a simple little utility,
compile it on SunOS, have it run correctly (admittedly on the second
attempt), then compile and run the same source code on a PC and have
it run correctly! Until then I was very sceptical. I knew the utility
was needed on SunOS and PC and the only compilers we had for both
machines were Ada ones so it had to be Ada.


Best Regards
John McCabe

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