Re: Cheap/Free Ada (was: Ada9x Transition)

[jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter)]

%I suspect that the worst thing about it from the viewpoint of the true
%believers is that it implies that along with your Ada system you get
%very comparable C++, Objective-C, Modula-3 and maybe an Eiffel-like
%language (Sather).  People would really be able to compare a suite of
%languages with a similar and pretty good implementation base.  It
%seems unlikely that those who prefer that languages be selected by
%government mandate would welcome this sort of comparison...

Hey, no problem with me: I think Ada stands on its own merits alongside
the other languages you list. (By the way, the FAA, NASA, and a number
of commercial companies seem to agree.)
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