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From: Colin Paul Gloster <Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada for 1st year students
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On Sun, 12 Oct 2008, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

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|"On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:00:51 -0700 (PDT), John McCormick wrote:          |
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|> It never ceases to amaze me how computer science educators want to use  |
|> bleeding edge technology in the beginning courses.                      |
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|I don't see anything bad in that. It is the question what is considered as|
|a bleeding edge. Ada is certainly one in large, high-integrity, concurrent|
|systems design. It also has a very innovative OO types system. (However,  |
|there are problems with irregularity, MI, MD). It is a question of how do |
|you sell it."                                                             |
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What is bleeding edge in Ada?

How can bleeding edge technology be risked in high-integrity systems?

Regards,
Colin Paul