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From: tarjeij@ulrik.uio.no (Tarjei Jensen)
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Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada?
Date: 28 Nov 94 08:47:14
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In article <3b5h8q$de0@felix.seas.gwu.edu> mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes:


> People's memories are very selective as to who funded what. Also,
> there is monumental ignorance of the history of things we take for
> granted. Like it or not, defense "spinoffs" are nearly everywhere in
> technological life. That includes Ada, which needs to be evaluated
> on its technical merits, not on ignorant "perceptions".

Since technical merits migth not win the day we should face the realities and
use the other successful spinoffs to give Ada a better image.

"Coming soon from the people who brought you TCP/IP {insert list of other
goodies here} the programming language both the accountant and programmers
love. Ada the language for the new generation! Be in control!"


Greetings,

 
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