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From: oliderid@yahoo.co.uk (Olivier Laurent)
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Subject: Re: a good book to start with?
Date: 13 Oct 2003 01:51:37 -0700
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Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@crs4.it> wrote in message news:<3F85AC8E.4050209@crs4.it>...
> Olivier Laurent wrote:
> 
> > You look like an Ada evangelist ;-), maybe you can help me: 
> > Is ESA (European Space Agency) still based its core software
> > developments on Ada?
> 
> It doesn't look like that.  According to my sources (inside a company 
> with ESA contracts), all new contracts come with a C mandate.  I have 
> had the pleasure of hearing quite a bit of complaints about not being 
> allowed to use Ada.
> 
> Jacob

Is there any logic reason for such a diktat? 

Olivier