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I would like to get a viewpoint from some European software developers
on the language issues.

Will the European Community (if it really becomes a single item) be requiring
software to meet EC wide standards, and will the choice of language be one
of those standards ?

If so, i assume that a euro-style language will be the choice, such as
Eiffel.

This does have some consequences for us North Americans, in terms of teaching
and development of software for world wide distribution.

But maybe such standards will go nowhere. ADA was to be the USA language of
choice, but it seems to have become C and now C++.
With the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) about to be signed
(Canada, US and Mexico) i have some worries that Canadians will be forced
to produce C++ code to match the USA defacto standards even though i prefer
to use euro-style languages.

John Andrea
VAX System Manager
St. Francis Xavier Univ.
Antigonish, NS
Canada
andrea@essex.stfx.ca