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On 2003-11-24, Warren W. Gay VE3WWG <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca> wrote:
> I find it interesting that they classified "Ada"
> as a failure, and are looking at ways to extend
> "Fortran" (of all things) and C++.

Isn't there a special fortran for parallel computing?

As to the comment of the failure of Ada, Prolog and HDF, they ment
markedwise. 

> Naturally, Sun sees every problem as a
> potential Java application:

Even bankruptcy?

><quote>
> "We need to come up with a software layer
> like a Java bytecode or a PDF format and
> standardize it," said John Gustafson, a
> researcher at Sun Labs.
></quote>

to get more money...

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