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- From: jessop@ljohub.enet.dec.com (Class Dinosauria)
- Subject: Re: Who uses Ada??
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.211147.13953@rdg.dec.com>
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- Sender: news@rdg.dec.com (Mr News)
- Reply-To: jessop@ljohub.enet.dec.com (Class Dinosauria)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <1992Nov3.191829.22803@csusac.csus.edu>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 21:11:47 GMT
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- > I am a DOD civillian engineer who is obviously affected by the
- >Ada mandate. I was having a conversation with a co-worker and we came
- >up with a question. Who (companies, and individuals, and schools) use
- >Ada AND, are not associated with the US federal government or government
- >contracting. In other words, who uses Ada because they want to, not
- >because they were told to?
-
- I do, whenever I can, and whenever it fits the bill. I taught myself Ada
- several years ago and fell in love with it. I think it is an excellent
- language because it is very powerful, modular and strongly typed. It's
- error handling features are a great bonus too.
-
- Admittedly, I don't always use it like it SHOULD be used because I like to
- find any reason to use it... but hey...
-
- Mike
-