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From: "Marin David Condic" <mcondic.auntie.spam@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: calenday (was Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada
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Frank Piron <frank.piron@konad.de> wrote in message
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>
> But the ADA community does work for eternity and the hall of
> fame in computer programming.
>
> So everything has to be thought out till the very end. But for
> the price that many good ideas never come to work.
>
Alas. All too true. :-(
At least it is a Noble Fault.

If the mentality were to shift *slightly* towards finding a Good Enough
answer that would satisfy 90% of the needs - and doing so in a timely
manner - we might be able to make Ada more attractive to the masses.

MDC
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