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From: Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: What if Red had won? [Or Blue?]
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 04:54:51 +0100
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On 17/07/2013 02:08, in article
38846385-9884-46d5-8f58-6cf5c6049bbd@googlegroups.com, "Shark8"
<onewingedshark@gmail.com> wrote:

> Coming across Robert Dewar's lecture on Ada's Past, Present, and Future; he
> mentioned the four languages in Ada's history -- I haven't seen the documents
> [and wouldn't know where/how-to get them] and started wondering what would
> have happened if Red had won? How would Ada be different?
> 
> Also for Blue, though he mentions the thought of that was "it's too weird."
> 
> Suppositions and wild guessing welcome.
> 
> 
> Link: http://www.adacore.com/adaanswers/lectures/ada-past-present-and-future/
> 
> PS: If anybody knows where I can get a copy of the docs for Red and/or Blue
> I'd love to know.

I had copies of all the colours at one time, but alas no longer.
They are significant historical documents; they should be scanned and put
online if anyone still has them.

Is my memory failing or was there a Yellow as well?

-- 
Bill Findlay
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