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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!jls From: jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Language Flames Message-ID: <1991May23.021809.8178@netcom.COM> Date: 23 May 91 02:18:09 GMT References: <3208@sparko.gwu.edu> <1991May21.163758.1@east.pima.edu> <3214@sparko.gwu.edu> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services UNIX System {408 241-9760 guest} List-Id: >Once again I'd like to plead for keeping this an Ada group. We are all >entitled to our opinions; mine is that it's not a good place for >language bashing or emotional comparisons between languages. I could cop out and say that Ted started it, but I won't because I disagree with your premise. Yes, this is an Ada group, and so that is where I discuss issues related to Ada. All of them. Would you prefer that the group be limited to questions about Meridian compilers? Why? If the issue is length, I apologize for the 700 liner the other day--but 500 lines of it were originally from Ted... As for the emotion, I've been laboring under the impression that I've kept it to a mild simmer for the past couple of weeks. Is this not the case? I have received several e-mail messages from people who thought my responses to Ted were factual and not particularly emotional, which I thought was pretty promising feedback. > why don't you guys set up a group for language vs language >free-for-alls? I notice the Lisp proponents are into the act now... It already exists: alt.flame ;-) -- **************** JIM SHOWALTER, jls@netcom.com, (408) 243-0630 **************** *Proven solutions to software problems. Consulting and training on all aspects* *of software development. Management/process/methodology. Architecture/design/* *reuse. Quality/productivity. Risk reduction. EFFECTIVE OO usage. Ada/C++. *