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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Choosing C++ instead of Ada (was What is Ada used for?)
Date: 1996/10/21
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Date: 1996-10-21T00:00:00+00:00
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You said

"These managers are asking whether Ada will be around for the next ten
years, and if it is, whether there will be cost-effective tools and
compilers to make Ada a good business decision.  They are convinced that
C++ will not go away.  And they believe that C++, with all of its
liabilities, will continue to get better.  This is a powerful argument.
"

I can give a VERY convincing presentation here from a corporate point
of view of why Ada 95 definitely will be around for the long term, and
will continue to improve rapidly. I gave such a presentation for the
Lockheed Martin folks wrt the Aegis program. This is quite an ACT
specific presentation, so nt really suitable for general publication.