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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Newsgroups: comp.arch.embedded,comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Certified C compilers for safety-critical embedded systems
Date: 26 Dec 2003 18:00:26 -0500
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Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:

> Martin Krischik wrote:
> > It's Modula-2. If you are to lazy to type additional four characters you
> > should not be writing savety critical software.
> 
> It's "too" and "an" and "safety". If you are too lazy to use a
> spelling and grammar checker, you should not be writing comments
> criticizing other peoples' writing.

:-)

Well said, Hyman.

It's true that Ada is correctly spelt "Ada", not "ADA" or "ADa", but
come on.  Why do we need to make a big deal about it?  Ada has some
advantages over C, but beating people up over the spelling isn't going
to convince anybody of anything.

- Bob

P.S. for those interested in Ada trivia: In the December 22 issue of
Newsweek, there's a photo of Tony Blair standing in front of a portrait
of Ada.  That's the Ada for whom the language was named.  Page 32.