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Mind you, the government has tried this before with Ada. Not to knock Ada but let's just say that government would ruin everything and stifle the industry. Certainly, any new regulations about anything as broad as how memory is allowed to be managed is going to strangle the software industry.

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Ada was an impressive language for its day. But even with Ada, government never mandated its use generally - only for certain government projects, and waivers were available with justification.

And as industry took the lead in language innovation, government removed its Ada requirement.

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