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From: "Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@kvaerner.no>
Subject: Re: Ada 83 - Sometimes still chosen
Date: 1999/03/26
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robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>So of the people asking questions about Ada (without
>specifying which version), the overwhelming majority are
>talking about Ada 95, and it is a definite disservice to
>tell people that Ada 83 is still in wide use and that they
>must worry about the Ada 83 answer as well as the Ada 95
>answer. This would be like asking a question on the C++
>group, and having responders worry that you might really be
>asking about C!


I think it would be more apropriate to use ANSI C versus K&R C as an example.

Anyway. I wholehartedly agree that Ada 95 is Ada. Ada 83 is Ada 83 and is as
obsolete as K&R C is obsolete in the C world.

Greetings,