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		oconnor0 on Jan 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wrapping Up 2021. Leaving C++ Ada came out of the DOD so assuming it's an all-caps acronym makes a lot of sense. ;)

ncmncm on Jan 4, 2022 [–]

Jean Ichbiah might have bristled at such an assertion. (He called his language "Green".) But, renamed, Ada was heavily promoted by the DoD.

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