From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4c9aaf040659caf8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony) Subject: Re: (unverified) Ada mandate cancelled (Greg A would be proud) Date: 1997/03/10 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 224491559 Distribution: world References: <3.0.32.19970307192557.009979a0@iu.net> 21: 23:40 GMT Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-03-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <5fv9os$bcq@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu> WhiteR@CRPL.Cedar-Rapids.lib.IA.US (Robert S. White) writes: > Some contractors have not stumbled from the "way" but do find that the > efforts of your company, Aonix, and that of the GNAT project have made > Ada viable for desktop applications where the DoD mandate does not apply > (internal IR&D and Non-Developmental Item projects). I have seen several > orders for your ObjectAda going to purchasing recently. It will be very > interesting to see what the metrics show for ObjectAda versus Visual C++. Excellent! This is exactly the sort of thing that will make all the difference. And this new generation of compilers and tools makes all the difference here. > Yours and ACT's (Dewar/Kenner) support in solving problems and helping > others on the Usenet and web is certainly a factor. Thanks :-) Absolutely! /Jon -- Jon Anthony Organon Motives, Inc. Belmont, MA 02178 617.484.3383 jsa@organon.com