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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:23:35 +0000 (UTC)
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Adrian Knoth <adi@thur.de> wrote:
: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> wrote:
: 
:> Quite a few people I've met didn't like Ada because of they have
:> seen it as associated with the political, military, and industrial
:> organisations mentioned in Richard Riehle's posting.
: [..]
:> The military and the weapon makers seem to be so close... ;-)
: 
: The possibility of writing software for airplanes like the YF22,
: submarines or long distance missiles and thereby having the chance
: to take a drink with James Bond one day was one of reasons when
: I decided to choose Ada.

See? :-)  So if this were the only factor for choosing a language,
Ada's popularity will be a function of the popularity of the military.


-- Georg