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From: tomw@tsys.demon.co.uk (Tom Wheeley)
Subject: Re: Ada -- a popular language?
Date: 1997/04/19
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In article <dewar.861244012@merv> dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu "Robert Dewar" writes:

> In any case, I do not think it is credible to claim that validation adds
> a huge amount to the cost of Ada compilers ...

It shouldn't do, but due to the nature of Ada, or rather the comon uses of
Ada nowadays, validation adds a lot to the *value* of the compiler, and as
such can command a much higher monetary cost.

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