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From: faust <urfaust@optushome.com.au>
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Subject: Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 18:07:18 -0800
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 "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@no.spam.btopenworld.com> ,  emitted
these fragments:
 
>Yes, but how many OS/2 users have 20+ year support required? From what
>I can make out Boeing are about the largest users of Rational Ada and I'd
>be surprised if lots of their programmes didn't require _very_ long
>post-delivery

Well, you can still buy support for Jovial compilers.
However, it is still stone cold dead as a language for new
development.

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