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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Is Ada likely to survive ?
Date: 1997/08/03
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<<If you are a programming language researcher, extending an existing
language with new features may very well be an effective use of time.
I see a lot of work done using C++ as a testbed for new features, and I'd
prefer that Ada were used instead. Of course, most of us are not language
researchers or designers, so...
>>


It is interesting to remember that this was *the* motivation for the
government funding the GNAT work -- to provide such a testbed in Ada.
And there is some interesting work going on ....