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Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate,
 and why it collapsed and died)
Date: 9 May 2003 05:31:54 -0700
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Wesley Groleau <wesgroleau@despammed.com> wrote in message news:<qaOcnZhr4PwRvyajXTWcoA@gbronline.com>...
> > as an object-oriented extension of C. Java became popular because it was 
> > deliberately designed to give C and C++ programmers features (like GC) 
> > that had already been around in other languages for years.
> 
> No, Java became popular partly from hype and partly
> because it is better than C and C++ but not enough
> to intimidate users of those languages.

But to intimidate Ada advocates you only
need to mention the word "pointers" :-)