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From: Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: :-)  A Brand-New Language!  :-)
Date: 2000/04/02
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In article <38e56e47@excalibur.gbmtech.net>,
	"John Herro" <john@prousa.net> wrote:

>2000-April-01
>-------------
>Let's face it: the popularity of Ada is declining.  To solve this problem,
>Software Innovations Technology has invented a brand new language!  It's
>enough like Ada to have most of Ada's advantages, but different enough that
>people won't recognize it as Ada.  We plan to call our brand new language
>"Just Another Version of Ada."  (Unfortunately, the similarites and
>differences between the two languages will be very confusing for any poor
>soul who tries to learn both languages!)

I recall a meeting during the days of Ada 9X when someone suggested we
adopt an entirely different appelation, "The Tucker," for the revised
Ada standard.  

Richard Riehle