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Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote:

> I have said this before, if Ada was marketed by a company,
> the best approach might be to rename the technology with
> some improvements. Then in the fine print say something
> along the lines of "The X language was based primarily
> upon the lessons learned from Ada".  Then the press,
> might view this as an exciting new technology and get
> the printing presses rolling again.

Like SPARK and VHDL? ;-)

-- 
                                           Robert I. Eachus

100% Ada, no bugs--the only way to create software.