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Date: 13 Nov 92 05:22:21 GMT
From: visicom!amstel!rlk@nosc.mil  (Bob Kitzberger)
Subject: Re: Who uses Ada??
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michaeln@cs.uq.oz.au (michaeln) writes:

> Is there an FAQ that might give some clues as to what aspects of Ada
> provide programmers with a sense of freedom

Sorry, folks, software isn't here solely for your mental gymnastics
and personal fulfillment.  I know it sometimes seems that way at
school...

If you want reasons why Ada helps you build reliable, large, nay,
_huge_ software systems, then crack open Booch's Software Engineering
with Ada, or Shumate's Developing Large Real-Time Systems in Ada.

	.Bob.

p.s. Does painting on oil and canvas limit an artist's expressive power,
     or does it provide focus for their expression?  Michaelangelo's
     Sistine Chapel and Chagall's ceiling of the Paris Opera show what
     genius can do when constrained by his medium (i.e. painting on a
     ceiling).  Various works by uncsonstrained contemporary artists
     show what kind of horrid stuff can result when you impose no 
     limitations at all.
     

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