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From: Gautier write-only <gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Advice on selling Ada to a C shop
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On 23 juin, 09:17, Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homep...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Playing the devil's advocate, but remember: you are selling Ada to a C
> shop here. Weak arguments are very dangerous, because not only they
> don't sell anything, but actually discourage further investigation.

You're right, a single case is statistically not enough; then it is
better to stick comparison of with whole projects, if possible with a
parallel development (Jean-Pierre's example), where thousands of
similar situations are summed together.

G.