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On 16.10.12 21:54, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:

> 	Probably could use critical dates in the existence of the Ada Joint
> Program Office, the short-lived Ada mandate, etc.
>

Brief overview by Ryan Stansifer at:
http://cs.fit.edu/~ryan/ada/ada-hist.html

Account of history:
http://archive.adaic.com/pol-hist/history/holwg-93/holwg-93.htm

And not to be missed:
Henry G Baker's diatribe from 1997,
"I Have a Feeling We're Not in Emerald City Anymore."

(Read "The Tar Pit" for some contrast.)

Ariane V