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From: dmg@ssc-vax (David M Geary)
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Subject: Re: c++ vs ada results
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Date: 21 Jun 91 17:27:00 GMT
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In article <EACHUS.91Jun20145614@largo.mitre.org> eachus@largo.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) writes:
]
]In article <1991Jun20.140836.24430@scrumpy@.bnr.ca> stevej@bnrmtl.bnr.ca (Steve Juneau) writes:
]
]   Was all this achievable because you used Ada, or can have be done with
]   any language?  IMHO it can be done with any language.
]
]     Theoretically it can be done in any language, and I even know of
]cases where it was done that way in COBOL and C.  But from a
]political/mangagement point of view, when using Ada it doesn't require
]a group of highly qualified and committed people to make it work.
]There are other languages where it can be made to work easily, such as
]Modula2, but c++ is not one of them.
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
]
]					Robert I. Eachus
]use  STANDARD_DISCLAIMER;
]function MESSAGE (TEXT: in CLEVER_IDEAS) return BETTER_IDEAS is...

  Why not?  Please elaborate.

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