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From: Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler <ada.rocks@jlfencey.com>
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Marin David Condic wrote:

>It seems you have confused my point about marketing with some point=20
>about language selection.

Well, yes. Not really confused, I just got a little way off track.

>On the "Everyone else is doing it" syndrome (which I think can be a good=
=20
>reason, but we can debate that) - don't worry if that is good or bad.

I'm not in the position to change that anyway.
=20
>Accept it as *reality* and figure out how to use it. If you had=20
>"Everybody else is using Ada for XYZ type of things" working in your=20
>favor, that gives you a sales pitch to the manager concerned with XYZ,=20
>doesn't it?

Could happen. Let's see. Fortunately I am currently doing some
embedded stuff in Ada. My new boss doesn't like C either and Java
isn't just the right choice for this task. So what's left? :)


Vinzent.