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From: "Chad R. Meiners" <crmeiners@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: No call for Ada (was Re: Announcing new
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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 13:40:35 -0400
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"Richard Riehle" <adaworks@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> unless I am the
> thesis advisor, the student is told that Ada is not appropriate for
serious
> thesis work.  "Use Java or C++, but not Ada."

As a graduate student, I can't imagine what sort of rational advisors would
have in saying this.  What sort of serious thesis work would dictate the use
of Java or C++?

-CRM