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From: Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Python handles globals badly.
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 12:24:13 -0400
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On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 03:35:00 +0100, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
declaimed the following:

>
>Ada took over from CORAL in the UK, at least in military projects.  It 
>was also used in the aircraft industry. My old work mates tell me that 
>its completely died a death, to be replaced by C++.  Someone please 
>remind me never to fly again.

	Still used on some of the boxes being made... (I've just spent a month
investigating problem reports for a software release).

	Granted, that's an Ada 83 cross compiler running on VAX/VMS itself
running on a Windows server box with an emulator. It would cost way too
much money to try to recompile with, say, GNAT Pro -- as the entire suite
(including the compiler) would have to be recertified for airworthiness.
-- 
	Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN
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