At 08:50 PM 1/31/01 +0000, Ian Sommerville wrote:

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>I never think that there's much point in trying to stop bandwagons of
>this type. People are now realising that Java has severe limitations
>but we won't turn the clock back to Ada.

Have you considered turning the clock FORWARD to Ada?  :))

(Sorry, just couldn't resist.)

sro

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