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On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:26:34 -0700, Russ wrote:

> please
> don't complain about the fact that Java dwarfs Ada in popularity 

Ada with Java's garbage collection was offered for sale. There were
no takers. That indicates to me that the problem is far beyond technical
issues; Ada's reputation and past history, compared with Sun's marketing
savvy, linking Java with the Internet and now a large base of available
Java tools is much more important.
 
> (and
> is now being adapted big-time for real-time use by the military).

Which is a crying shame. The military still uses Vietnam-era planes but
won't commit to the programming language they commissioned for any period
of time.