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From: Darel Cullen <Darel@djcull.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: decline of Ada?
Date: 1996/11/25
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In article <5762ls$4qn@butch.lmsc.lockheed.com>, David Kristola
<davidk@OS7.ifs> spoke thus :-
>In article 62B0@lmtas.lmco.com, Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lmtas.lmco.com> () 
>writes:
>
>>

>>> 2) DoD Contractors will not build in Ada because you can't find
>>> trained coders to work for 24K to 32K per year.  

You can in England :) (dollars or pounds) 

>>> But you can find "C"
>>> coders.  Therefore, if you want the contract, you cut the cost and
>>> program it in "C".  It really has very little to do with the language,
>>> its advantages, or disadvantages.  It has to do with dollars.

appologies for replying to a reply to a reply to a reply, but i dont
store much mail at home..

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