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From: jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter)
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Subject: Re: Yearly Fees for Support of Compiler
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Date: 10 May 91 05:59:18 GMT
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>     While Ada is nowhere near the dominant force in the commercial sector,
>it's a gross overstatement to say that it has not penetrated.  There are
>many examples of commercial uses of Ada already and the number is growing.
>In most cases, but not all, these uses are occuring in major companies that
>have done the cost/benefit analysis and decided that Ada is worthwhile over
>the long haul.

I'd be the first to agree that Ada has made inroads. On the other hand,
Borland shipped something like half a million copies of Turbo C++ last year.
You do the math.
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