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From: dale@cs.rmit.edu.au (Dale Stanbrough)
Subject: Re: When will Ada big moment arrive? what is missing?
Date: 1999/05/26
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Chris wrote:

" Ok, I'd like to start an open discussion on the above subject.
  
  We all know that Ada is stil a nich language in the commerical world.
  
  It has been that way for over 20 years.
  
  Yet, we all know that Ada is a great language, many of use 
  will say the best of all current languages.
  
  So, will Ada ever gets it day, and become very popular? "


High profile programs that are very successful. Gnat is a good example,
but this example is a bit incestuous. 

Does ACT think that Ada is a better language than C++ or Java (if
it were fast enough) for implementing compilers, and if so why?

Dale