:> The only place where I suggest an "Ada Mandate" is in interfaces.
That would be one place. But I wouldn't go as far as you did in your
hypothetical quote. How about:
" We (The DoD) need a system that will .......... Previous systems
in this domain have shown that it is possible with Ada to have
<metric> in the range of <typical acheivable value>. Therefore,
proposals not promising that or better will not be accepted.
Ada must be used , _at_least_ for interfaces to all key APIs
in the system. Ada must be considered as a possible implementation
language, but another language may be used as long as all quality
requirements of this RFP are met."
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