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On 2014.04.19, 18:30 , Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 19:32:42 +0000 (UTC), Simon Clubley
> <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> declaimed the following:=

>
>>
>> I don't see this as another Ada. I see this as starting from a Oberon
>> level of functionality with some Ada style features and syntax added
>> to make it more robust and functional.
>>
>> This is no different from the cross pollination that takes place
>> between programming languages all the time, but it doesn't make it
>> Ada.
>>
> 	Call it Titania... Oberon's partner in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"


We need a law against programming language proliferation.


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