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From: "Norman L. Reitzel   " <nreitzel@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu>
Subject: Re: Ada RCAS code thrown away; IBM/Loral/SBIS under indictment
Date: 1996/03/26
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On Mon, 25 Mar 1996, Robert Dewar wrote:

>> "Surely you do not think that this alters ADA's position as a language."
> 
> ADA is about dentists or democrats or a couple of other things, but not
> about the language Ada, which is named after a women whose name was not
> an acronym :-) :-)
> 
Sheesh!  I'm toast.

I'll remember in the future to specify "-pedantic" when talking Ada.

...  mumble ... ADA about Democrats...?  I think that remark dates you.
...  er, dates -us-.  ... grumble ...  <pulling gray hairs>