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From: harrison@acm.org (Tim Harrison)
Subject: Re: Is ADA as good for graphics programming as C?  (WAS: Re: Avoiding
 the second historic mistake)
Date: 1997/06/21
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In article <33A9338D.10BB@polaroid.com>, prasadm@polaroid.com wrote:

> Jon S Anthony wrote:
> > > If I were to do heavy-duty graphics, compression, or image
> > > processing involving implementation of state-of-the-art algorithms,
> > > I would think very carefully before choosing Ada.
> > 
> > Why?
> 
> Well, I must admit that I haven't done anything
> in Ada since 1983, and even then it was small programs.

Enough said...Perhaps someone with Ada experience would be better suited
to answer this question.
-- Tim Harrison <harrison@acm.org>