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Shark8 wrote:
> On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 12:40:13 PM UTC-6, G. B. wrote:
>> Optikos wrote:
>>> https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-explore-using-rust
>>>
>>
>>
>> Microsoft, by nature, will explore the potential of everything X for which
>> there seems to be a market, provided that
>>
>> - X is not controlled by government
>> - Microsoft can have a say in the development of X
>>
>> It about ROI.
> 
> Microsoft certainly *could* have a say in the development of Ada, just join the ARG.
> 
About the time Ada83 was standardized, Microsoft emphatically declared 
that it would never (never!) support or have anything to do with Ada.