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From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony)
Subject: Re: Java vs Ada 95 (Was Re: Once again,
 Ada absent from DoD SBIR solicitation)
Date: 1996/10/14
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In article <325FFB39.15A4@io.com> davedave@io.com writes:

> Robert Dewar wrote:
> > 
> > "Garbage collection, by itself, is significant enough for one to
> > seriously consider choosing Java over Ada for projects which do not
> > require low-level timing control.
> > "
> > 
> > Nope, that does not make any sense. Any project for which Java is currently
> > suitable could equally well be done in Ada using the Intermetrics compiler
> > to JBC, which has identical garbage collection capability.
> 
> An excellent idea Robert -- except for one big problem:  Engineers who are 
> trying to build reliable, commercial products don't generally like to use 
> proucts which are still in beta.  

Hmmm, it would appear that you don't know Java as well as you might
think.  The whole thing is basically in beta.  Certainly the JVM
spec. available at the Sun Java web site specifically states this.  So, I suppose you wouldn't want to use _any_ thing "Java"...

/Jon
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