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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: What if Red had won? [Or Blue?]
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:58:51 -0700
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On 07/16/2013 06:08 PM, Shark8 wrote:
> Coming across Robert Dewar's lecture on Ada's Past, Present, and Future; he
> mentioned the four languages in Ada's history -- I haven't seen the documents
> [and wouldn't know where/how-to get them] and started wondering what would
> have happened if Red had won? How would Ada be different?

Red did win. The team behind Red was effectively in charge of the Ada-95 
revision, led by some guy named Tucker Taft, whoever he is. Jean Ichbiah, 
whoever he was, was so disgusted by what they did to the language that he 
resigned as a Distinguished Reviewer.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"I don't know why I ever come in here. The
flies get the best of everything."
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
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