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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Compilers for VAX Was: Ada version of C's 'static'
Date: 1999/08/05
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In article <3dbq3.4993$_Q2.43341@ozemail.com.au>,
  "Chris Miller" <chrismil@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> It's probably history now, but I think DEC's decision not to
upgrade their
> Ada 83 compiler / debugger / linker / editor and library mgmt
tools to Ada
> 95 was one of the dummest decisions ever made by DEC (and they
made a few).


Digital felt that it was an infeasible amount of work to
upgrade their Ada 83 technology to Ada 95. Since you are
not in a position to judge the amount of work involved, it
is not clear that you are in a position to lable this as a
"dummest decision" :-)

In fact this decision was made in a much larger context of
general reorganization of Digital in any case, you have to
be aware of the context here.


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