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From: gwinn@res.ray.com (Joe Gwinn)
Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because...
Date: 1996/08/15
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In article <4utuag$ii9@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net>, Craig Franck
<clfranck@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> Norman Cohen's fine book on the Ada programing langauage states
> that "In April 1975, the Higher Order Language Working Group
> issued a set of sample requirements for DoD-1". I clearly 
--->                                      ^^^^^

If I recollect, "DoD-1" was the original name for COBOL, back when Grace
Hopper was young, and I was playing with blocks.  I guess this is the
first example of Ada reuse.

Joe Gwinn