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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: ada and robots
Date: 1997/06/14
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Joe said

<<So he's flip-flopped?  I saw his previous missive, a week or two ago, and
it was quite clear.  Actually, he cannot call his words back at this
point; the writing is on the wall.  If you were the product manager for an
ada compiler, wouldn't this stop you in your tracks, afraid to invest more
money, until the smoke cleared?  The very fact that the future of the
mandate is questioned in public and at that level of the DoD is the
story.  If not today, what of tomorrow?  The mandate's days are numbered. 
Will it last long enough for a new investment to be recovered?  A
gut-wrenching question.  Product mamgers get to bet their careers on such
questions.>>

nope, there was no flip-flop here at all. If you perceive one it is because
you have misunderstood what you have read. Sometimes people read into things
that which they wish to perceive, and it is easy to tell what you wish to
perceive!