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From: mcp@sei.cmu.edu (Mark Paulk)
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Subject: Re: Making "archaic" languages like C, COBOL illegal
Keywords: archaic, languages, C, Fortran, Basic, Ada, legislation, laws
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Date: 2 Aug 89 15:39:55 GMT
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Uhhh, perhaps I should point out that this was originally published
in April, and the name of the congressman is A.F. Day.  The sad part
of the joke is that it has been picked up by other newsletters as a
"serious" bit of news.  Seeing it in an April issue is one thing; seeing
it in a June issue is a little bit more disconcerting.  Were the editors
passing along a good joke?  When I got into the Ada community back
around '83, that piece of legislation would not have necessarily been
viewed as a joke - or very funny.  There was a time when the policy
statements were being espoused along the lines "lack of an Ada compiler
for your target are not sufficient grounds for a waiver.  One should be
available by the time you get to coding."  :-(

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Mark C. Paulk 
    mcp@sei.cmu.edu
      "Maturity is a function of scar tissue."