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Re:Airbus Chooses GNAT Pro Ada for Development of Unmanned A... by mitjak on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @09:58AM (#24492750)
lol because it's not an acronym in this case, as stated
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Re:Airbus Chooses GNAT Pro Ada for Development of Unmanned A... by carlmr on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @10:08AM (#24492843)
The previous poster said it could be both, not that it is both. Apparently a lot of people think it is, which is because it's such a commonplace phenomenon.

That it is a person's name is orthogonal to whether it could be an acronym.

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Re:Airbus Chooses GNAT Pro Ada for Development of Unmanned A... by KingOfCoders on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @10:27AM (#24493012)
Thank you for making my point clearer than I did ! :-)
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Re:Airbus Chooses GNAT Pro Ada for Development of Unmanned A... by carlmr on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @10:52AM (#24493255)
:)
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