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Subject: Re: Ada vs Fortran for scientific applications
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In article <lea472117j9i187qakh3msqo5dturujrkk@4ax.com>,
Ken Plotkin  <kplotkin@nospam-cox.net> wrote:
>On 22 May 2006 00:36:11 -0700, lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl) wrote:
>
>>I'm not sure that technical reasons are involved in the actual
>>decision making. BTW, cross-posting a question like this often
>>results in poor discussion.
>
>I think you're correct about that.  ADA was very political.

"Ada", is it not?  The language's name is not an acronym, but is
a reference to Ada Lovelace, as I understand it.

A nitpick, admittedly.

[ snip ]

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