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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Ada
Date: 1999/12/23
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In article <38620350.48F8FC08@gecm.com>,
  Brijesh <brijesh.malkan@gecm.com> wrote:
> I understand Ada is a very powerful language but is not used
much
> outside the defence industry, I was woderign if this is a
correct
> assumption and if so why is this the case - and if not where
else is it
> used.
>
> Thanks,


Never believe such rumours, they are almost always wrong. It
is interesting that there is a whole series of technologies that
has important current applications, but which conventional
wisdom pronounces dead (examples, APL, OS/2, Pascal, PL/1, and
yes, Ada :-)

Ada has many non-DoD applications, go to www.adapower.com to
follow up on more information, but here are some examples:

Train switching systems (soon to be adopted by the NY subway)
Internet switches
Medical equipment
Commercial airplaces (ever flown on a 777 - it's an all Ada
plane)
Cable TV (Canal Plus in Europe)
Air Traffic Control Systems
Eurospace
Banking applications
etc.



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