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From: rjh@cs.purdue.EDU (Bob Hathaway)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: "Forced to Use Ada"
Keywords: Ada, mandate
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Date: 27 Feb 89 23:28:05 GMT
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In article <470@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu>, eberard@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Edward Berard) writes:
>of these posters would be surprised to know that a majority of Ada
>users worldwide use Ada because they want to, not because of any
>mandate. For example, in Europe much more than 50% of the money spent
>on Ada software is spent by those who have no mandate to use Ada,
>i.e., they are free to use any technology they wish.
>

I decided Ada was the best language after independently studying
programming for some time in school.  I had to use C and Pascal in
coursework and after some asking, Modula-2.  So, I was mandated to use
alternative languages although I strongly desired and asked to program
in Ada.  I'm glad to see someone (the government) advocating modern
programming languages along with software engineering; the more support
the better.

Bob Hathaway
rjh@purdue.edu