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> Magnus
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> ps: why is Ada the only major language that Microsoft has not attempted
> to transform into a Windows-only dialect?

Two reasons in my opinion: they don't worry about producing high
quality, high reliability systems and they don't see a mass market ($$)
for Ada.  A few months ago a Microsoft rep gave a presentation at the
company where I work.  He used the term "robust" often when describing
MS software.  I finally asked him to define robust.  To him robust was
synonymous with "feature-rich", which isn't the say robust is typically
defined in the control systems domain...

>is this a good or a bad sign?

Yes!

Matt
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