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From: Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Standard Library Interest?
Date: 14 Oct 2003 10:20:23 -0400
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Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com> writes:

> Stephen Leake wrote:
>  >
>  > That's not true, by any sense of the word. "critical mass" means
>  > "enough to sustain itself". ACT and other vendors are making a
>  > profit, and expect to do so for the forseeable future; that meets the
>  >  definition of "critical mass".
>  >
> Critical mass to keep the language alive, 

This.

> or Critical Mass to make the language a dominant force in the
> programming arena? 

Why should I care about this? As long as _I_ get to use Ada, other
people can make their own choices.

-- 
-- Stephe