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Subject: Re: Ada Successor Language
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Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:53067
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> Luke Guest wrote:
> > Dan'l Miller <> wrote:=20
> > The big question is why it stopped at a draft version of a formal=20
> > description of (a subset?) of Ada83:=20
> > https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/17317_fr.html=20
>
> It=E2=80=99s posts like these that make me wonder why so many
> Ada people keep=20
> living in the past. Don=E2=80=99t you think it=E2=80=99s time to learn fr=
om
> the past and drag your arses into the 21st century.=20

The only way to drag my arse into the 21st century is for me & likeminded f=
ellows to figure out what the heck went so wrong on this path.  If you thin=
k the current path is the best one, then Dr Strangelove=E2=80=98s advice to=
 stop be afraid and love the =E2=80=9Cbomb=E2=80=9D, so to speak.