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"Team Ada: Ada Advocacy Issues (83 & 95)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 7 Apr 1999 13:50:52 +0200
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<[log in to unmask]> from "Roger Racine" at Apr 7, 99 07:20:08 am
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Roger:

> I was rather shocked to learn that the Navy (at least for one program) is
> requiring that all software -not- be written in Ada.  I asked if that
> included COTS, and, at least from a second-hand source, the answer was "yes".

Are you sure the real reason is that they need data to prove
that a pure Ada project is cheaper than a non-Ada project?

Jacob (håbet er lysegrønt)

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