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From: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 )
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Subject: Re: Ada & IBM
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Date: 20 Nov 89 12:55:30 GMT
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>From lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin):
>>    [...] "Ada and IBM... Capability and Committment" states:
>>      IBM is committed to Ada.  Ada's support for modern software
>>      engineering concepts, its breadth of application, and its
>>      support for reuseable software components place it squarely
>>      in the forefront as a language of choice for both IBM's
>>      software engineers and for IBM's customers.
> 
> No doubt the simple elegance of Ada appealed to IBM

   Actually, it's rather surprising, since their background has
   largely consisted of primitive languages which offer little
   or no support for the software engineering process.  It's good
   to see IBM finally recognizing this major advance in software 
   engineering technology.


   Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu