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From: ryer@inmet.inmet.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Ada & IBM
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Date: 17 Nov 89 15:16:00 GMT
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Nf-From: inmet.inmet.com!ryer    Nov 17 10:16:00 1989


Last I heard, Ada is not on the list of _acceptable_ languages for IBM's
SAA (Systems Application Architecture?) applications.  (SAA is IBM's big
new advance in portability and interoperability and a fundamental part
of their strategy for computing in the 90's).  If a program
is coded in Ada, it can't comply with SAA, regardless of any other
compatibility or interfaces.  Has this changed?  It is easy to write
a brochure, but where's the beef?

Mike Ryer
(personal comment, not endorsed by my employer, Intermetrics)