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On 02/09/2012 11:18 PM, Rob Shea wrote:
>
> I understand the benefits of Ada in embedded systems and the like, but
> are these benefits lost when used on top of all the abstraction that
> is Windows?

Anything that runs on top of Windows is going to be subject to any weakness in 
Windows. That's true no matter what language you use.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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