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From: brennanw@pond.com (William  C Brennan)
Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because...
Date: 1996/08/15
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Date: 1996-08-15T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <4v0l3i$l0d@dfw.dfw.net>, dweller@dfw.net (David Weller) wrote:
> About the only thing one can judge from their inventory is what is
> selling, not what language is better (or worse!).  I could quickly
> judge that COBOL is a dead language, based on the two books I saw
> there.  I'd hardly call COBOL dead!

Nahh, it's only restin'.  Pinin' for the fiords.

-- 
Bill Brennan
brennanw@pond.com