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From: "Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@kvaerner.com>
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Subject: Re: POLL: Would you use Ada more if...
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John McCabe
> But from what I remember, when Aonix started selling various editions
> of ObjectAda to compete with Visual C++, they didn't get anywhere with
> it. I wonder whether people have got into the position of thinking
> that, if Ada tools can be acquired at a reasonable cost, aren't they
> going to be shit?

I still think that the greatest obstacle is the Ada out of box experience. I
have still the feeling that there is a lot of work to be done to get a
toolset which makes one comfortable.

greetings,