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From: cazier@mbunix.mitre.org (Cazier)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: FORTRAN9x encourages Ada?
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Date: 20 Sep 90 15:09:31 GMT
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Is it possible that at some evolutionary stage a language can become too
big for its own britches? FORTRAN9x may be a turning point for some companies
to move to C or Ada. Rather than take "advantage" of the "new" features of
an old, established language set, it might be worthwhile considering the
advantages of actually converting to those languages that already have
those "new" features.

Is there any concern in the programming community about the effects of
'9x on future trends?