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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada advocacy
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:59:32 -0700
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On 06/17/2013 05:14 PM, Leo Brewin wrote:
>
> I have just been reading some of the older posts in this discussion and came
> across the following objections to Ada (see quoted text below). Does anybody
> have any opinion on this? Is it correct? Is the original poster confusing the
> difference between a programming language and an operating system?

This is typical FUD from "anon" and like most of its posts can be ignored.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in
space, 'cause there's bugger all down here on earth."
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