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- From: LJ10891@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
- Subject: Re: Open Systems closed to Ada?
- Message-ID: <92346.46129.LJ10891@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM>
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- Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 21:04:44 GMT
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- Fred, I lost count of the number of times you used the word "mandate" in
- your last post, but I gather that this is a pet peeve of yours.
-
- In all seriousness, your implication that no one would use a non-validated
- Ada compiler, and therefore such a compiler has no value, seems suspect to me.
- If you would briefly grant me the assumption that the mandate was being
- successfully enforced, would you agree with the statement that "No one can use
- any 'C' compiler, therefore 'C' compilers are useless"? I doubt it.
-
- I disagree with the Ada mandate; however, when all is said and done, the DoD
- is just one software customer. I doubt there's a large market for Macintosh
- software at IBM. It hasn't kept Mac programmers from peddling their wares
- elsewhere. If the DoD chooses to freeze THEIR technology for eleven
- years at a pop, IT'S THEIR CHOICE (and, IMHO, one whose wisdom has yet to be
- established).
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