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From: Pascal Obry <p.obry@der.edf.fr>
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Subject: Re: Is the Ada World Embarrassed by the Defense Industry?
Date: 31 Oct 2000 09:06:50 +0100
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Most of your message is nonsense to me. But others have already pointed
this out. Let me just add:

"E. Robert Tisdale" <edwin@netwood.net> writes:

> It is easier to find and train C and C++ programmers
> than it is to find and train Ada programmers today
> so there is a strong incentive to prefer C or C++ over Ada.
> 

Maybe, but it is easier to find GOOD Ada programmers than C
programmers. Ada programmers have a strong background on
design, modularity, readability... at least they have heard
about that!

Pascal.

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