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From: dennison@telepath.com
Subject: Re: how to make Ada more popular?
Date: 1999/01/25
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In article <78gfid$pra$2@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk>,
  mgk25@cl.cam.ac.uk (Markus Kuhn) wrote:
> I suggest to ACT to generate loads of press releases when
> GNAT 3.11p is available, not a single of which should contain
> any reference to Ada. Then see what happens ... ;-)

This reminds me of the recent trend in cigarette bilboard advertisements,
where no cigarette is depicted in the ad. It seems that actually showing the
product would completely destroy the healthy, vital image they want to
project...

That's when you know its time to punt.

T.E.D.

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