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From: xanthian@well.com (Kent Paul Dolan)
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Subject: Re: Ada versus language-X and "getting real work done" (was): 64 bit
 addressing and OOP
Date: 27 Feb 2003 15:57:24 -0800
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"Marin David Condic" <mcondic.auntie.spam@acm.org> wrote:

> While I agree with much of this post, I've got to observe that
> communications between systems or programs is *not* the issue. (Nor was it a
> consideration when the DoD started down the path of Ada)

Your memory and mine differ rather profoundly on the issue, which as a
commissioned officer who was also employed hour-to-hour mostly as a
programmer up until 1981 I followed with rather intense interest at
the time in both the trade press and internal government documents.

xanthian.