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From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: Is the "Ada mandate" being reconsidered?
Date: 1996/06/25
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Date: 1996-06-25T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <gwinn-2506961919470001@smc19.ed.ray.com>,
Joe Gwinn <gwinn@res.ray.com> wrote:
>I guess I am not convinced that freeware, although certainly useful, is
>anything I would normally choose to bet my project on.  Gnu C seems to be
>the sole exception.  And, development of industrial-strength tool suites
>requires industrial-strength cashflow.
>
Why would you bet your project on GNU C and not on, say, GNU Ada 95?
Do you have any specific reason for accepting one and rejecting the
other? Or is this just the usual speculation?

Mike Feldman