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From: ichbiah@jdi.tiac.net (Jean D. Ichbiah)
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Subject: Re: Ada 95 is the name
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 17:34:44 GMT
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In article <3cho0b$k4f@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com> l107353@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com (Garlington KE) writes:

>If this is so, shouldn't Ada mean The Latest Ada (at least as of 1995), and
>Ada 95 and Ada 87 be the preferred form when referring to the current version
>and the previous version in the same context?

Now that the Soviet Union has ceased to exist, we have noticed
a significant decrease in the practice of rewriting history.
But, well, perhaps it could be tried again.

Jean D. Ichbiah