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From: jkern3@corecomm.net (John Kern)
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Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request
Date: 25 Aug 2004 11:26:19 -0700
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Jean-Pierre Rosen <rosen@adalog.fr> wrote in message 
> Historical note:
> Borland did consider making an Ada compiler at some point, but gave up 
> when they discovered they couldn't make a Borland Ada "better" than 
> regular Ada.
> 
The way I remember it, Borland wanted wanted to do a Turbo Ada, but
were prevented from using the copywrighted(?) name Ada unless the
product passed the validation suites, and they were not prepared to
implement full tasking capabilities in a $99 compiler.