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"Chad R. Meiners" <meinersc@cse.msu.edu> wrote in message news:<9ocqn1$js5$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu>...
> I never said they didn't exist.  I stated that they are a small minority.
> 

Don't mind him he's always got some axe to grind and thus isn't too
interested in having a meaningful dialog.

> > I don't believe that you will find very many Ada advocates that have an
> > allergy to anything smacking of C. I have always been under the impression
> > that people on this newsgroup [..]"
> >
> > I do not dispute that there are masters active on this newsgroup who have
> > solid experience to back their reservations. It is no secret though that
> > there are Ada advocates who strongly hate C. Not only C family languages,
> > but non-Ada languages. Of course someone who recommends Ada does not
> > necessarily hate other languages but if you think that we do not
> > have such people you are mistaken.
> >
> > Should you check the news:comp.realtime FAQ posting
> > (e.g. news:realtime-computing/faq_999165253@rtfm.mit.edu ,
> > "Comp.realtime: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)", 30 Aug 2001 09:55:25
> > GMT, Version: 3.4 (May 1998), also available at
> > HTTP://WWW.FAQs.org/faqs/realtime-computing/faq/ ) you can find:
> >
> > "[..]
> > IV- POLEMIC TOPICS
> > [..]
> >     Which programming language should I use to develop a Real-Time System?
> > [..] it would be much better to use a higher level [than assembly]
> > programming language. Most of them will fit. The Ada Community will always
> > try to convince you their language is the best to use in any cases. Here
>  is
> > not the news group to argue about this [..]".
> >
> > Looking back through older posts in the Ada advocacy forum Team Ada one
> > could find furious frustration against C; C++; and Java.