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Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 22:23:56 +0100
From: Tom Welsh <news@tom-welsh.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate,
 and why it collapsed and died)
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In article <9fa75d42.0305020516.bdba239@posting.google.com>, soft-eng
<softeng3456@netscape.net> writes
>
>So why do you think Ada failed?
>

What makes you think Ada failed?

It doesn't get a lot of publicity compared with C++, C sharp or Java.

Then again, neither do CICS, IMS, Tandem NonStop, VMS or CORBA - all of
which are involved to a greater or lesser extent in driving a lot of the
amenities we take for granted every day.
-- 
Tom Welsh