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by phkahler 1930 days ago
>> That meant that all the usual suspects, like Lockheed, GD , TI (I don't remember exactly which ones) came up with Ada compilers and runtimes that cost on the order of $10K per seat.

I always wondered why I've never seen it used outside government work. Your explanation seems incredibly obvious after reading it.