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Subject: Re: Ada noob here! Is Ada widely used?
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 13:05:42 +0100
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On 24/05/2010 08:55, in article
c7fcdde0-6644-4202-803a-42efff00c8a2@v37g2000vbv.googlegroups.com, "Martin"
<martin.dowie@btopenworld.com> wrote:

> On May 23, 7:32�pm, "(see below)" <yaldni...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 23/05/2010 14:26, in article 22aKn.4575$Z6.3399@edtnps82, "Duke
>> 
>> Normandin" <dukeofp...@ml1.net> wrote:
>>> On 2010-05-23, Yannick Duch�ne <yannick_duch...@yahoo.fr> wrote:
>>>> Le Fri, 21 May 2010 00:58:26 +0200, Duke Normandin <dukeofp...@ml1.net> a
>>>> �crit:
>>>>> Ada continues to attract me; but so does Miranda ( and Giselle and Sophie
>>>>> ...) �;)
>>>> These are two very different paths. Miranda would be more close to what
>>>> are ?domain specific languages?... well, not exactly, but close.
>> 
>>> Domain-specific? How so? Because it's a functional language, and therefore
>>> only good for .....
>> 
>> Not much at all.
>> 
>> --
>> Bill Findlay
>> <surname><forename> chez blueyonder.co.uk
> 
> Hi Bill,
> 
> Why do you say that?... One of my favourite static analysis tools is
> written in ML...it's definitely useful!

Note that I did not say "good for nothing". 8-)
-- 
Bill Findlay
<surname><forename> chez blueyonder.co.uk