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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: Future with Ada
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:44:15 +0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:59:37 -0500, Marin David Condic wrote:
> Well, it could adhere to the ISO standard, yet still "Embrace and Extend"
> (read: "Engulf and Devour"). It might compile standard Ada, but provide all
> sorts of language extensions, custom libraries, etc, that are tempting to
> employ, but lock you in to one vendor.

Well, when the vendor is Microsoft it will also lock you into their OS
which sucks even more. 

Preben