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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:10:55 +0800
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Pascal Obry wrote:

> Ludovic Brenta <ludovic.brenta@insalien.org> writes:
> 
> 
>>I would be happy if Microsoft provided an Ada compiler, provided that
>>this is really an Ada compiler (as defined by the standard) and not a
>>compiler for a different language.  If they call this different
>>language "Ada" or "Microsoft Visual Ada", we're in trouble.
> 
> 
> Visual C++ is just this: a different language, and C++ is far from being in
> trouble... I would love to see Ada in the same level of troubles ! As I said
> earlier Microsoft Visual Ada will be a good way to introduce Ada in some
> projects... even if you stick to Ada not the Visual version of it coming from
> Microsoft :)
> 
> Pascal.
> 

But there will be chaos. There are already a whole large bunch of naive 
people who don't know the existence of Ada. M$ Visual Ada is going to 
make hell lot of confusion. Do you think Ada will be benefit from this? 
I doubt so.
-- 
Adrian Hoe
m a i l b o x AT a d r i a n h o e . c o m