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From: jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter)
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Subject: Re: Showalter abandons Ada?!?
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Date: 9 May 91 06:31:25 GMT
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>jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter), a fervent Ada advocate, writes:

>> It is not my objective to offend people, but, rather, to try to educate
>> them. If my choice of language is thwarting that objective, it is easy
>> enough to modify, and I'll do so in the future.

>I guess Jim is finally going over to the C++ camp.  Never thought I'd see
>the day.

You STAB me to the HEART, Sir! Capitulate and start writing in C++? I'd
rather eat dirt (besides, I spent a fair amount of last year investigating
C++...can I GO now?).

Isn't ambiguity wonderful? I of course never parsed "If my choice of language"
to mean computer language. To be completely clear I should have written
"If my use of colorful language".