From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,54c513170bafd693 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "David Kristola" Subject: Re: Desirability of C++ Date: 2000/04/23 Message-ID: <01HW.B528A5370117F24A08A37560@news.pacbell.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 614723949 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <01HW.B4BFC2820005B06B08A24140@news.pacbell.net> <20000204073443.24976.00001288@ng-ci1.aol.com> <87euk0$c93$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <01HW.B4C1346100072D2408A24140@news.pacbell.net> <949867976.281549@the-rowan.albatross.co.nz> <8766v93w66.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> <38E8C81A.AA62CF4C@HiWAAY.net> <7EA1B852F5D4D8C6.26EEE9181C80F0DF.0161EA2D9C353253@lp.airnews.net> <01HW.B51C1B6E00F41C2D04BB51B0@news.pacbell.net> <38F796B2.A99A206A@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <38F7A27A.4F7729FA@raytheon.com> <38F7DA95.A9E1F5@quadruscorp.com> <8d9s0a$62r6@ftp.kvaerner.com> <38FAF5FB.5D27F1AF@icn.siemens.de> <38FB4FA4.DCDCCAD7@maths.unine.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: news.pacbell.net 956520223 63.194.212.92 (Sun, 23 Apr 2000 13:03:43 PDT) Organization: heaps of stacks MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: David95037@see-my.sig NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 13:03:43 PDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-04-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:53:38 -0700, Gautier wrote (in message <38FB4FA4.DCDCCAD7@maths.unine.ch>): > True - but the Web is a chance to change it progressively, if you want... Do > you have a few nights to spend? Not really. ;-) > Do you wish to make use of the expressive > power of Ada and the quality of a well-known free compiler to produce a > useful and/or funny piece of code ? Do it, post it on the Web, drop a line > on a few related newsgroups and it might _have_ an effect. I'm working on my end. I hope to have a small MUD codebase ready soon (actually 2, one for a competition, and a follow up that is better all around, but still simple). MUDs can be great teaching tools. The simple ones address a number of useful problems, and the complex ones dive into many corners of computer science. -- --djk, keeper of arcane lore & trivial fluff Home: David95036 plus 1 at america on-line Spam: goto.hades@welovespam.com