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From: Britt Snodgrass <britt.snodgrass@gmail.com>
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Subject: A scapegoat once again :(
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Seen on DailyTech today:

http://www.dailytech.com/F22+Upgrades+Over+Budget+and+Behind+Schedule+F35+M=
ay+Cost+1T+in+Operating+Costs/article21692.htm

"The cause of the delay in delivery stems from the programming
language used called Ada. The Ada language was once a DoD standard,
but the use of the language has waned in the last 15 years. Analyst
Loren Thompson from the Lexington Institute said, "It tends to impede
quick upgrades to the system to which it is the base software."

It=92s really sad and disturbing to read such an incorrect and
uninformed statement. How could Ada "impede quick upgrades" unless
they really mean that the coders they've been hiring recently are
intimidated by compiler warnings.

- Britt