Re: Lets split

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In article 62879@mimsy.umd.edu, alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore) writes:
>make comp.lang.ada obsolete and create a small set of groups instead.
>
>  some suggestions
>
>    comp.lang.advocacy   - for the flame wars
>    comp.lang.programmer - for discussions of design/development Ada language 
issues
>                           (or comp.lang.technical or better name?)
>    comp.lang.announce   - moderated, low volume important announcements
>                           of meetings, products, standards, new mandates :) e
tc
>    comp.lang.misc       - catch all
>
>this works well in the NeXT groups which I've been reading lately
>they have huge flame fests between Objective-C and C++ but confine
>them to the advocacy group.
>
>anyone interested or familiar with how to do this?
>
>P.S. For people worried about getting overrun by C++, stop worrying
>and do something to contribute to Ada's success instead of flaming.
>Does anyone else program in Ada on a NeXT using a DVORAK keyboard?
>Talk about swimming against the tide.
>
>-- 
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>Alex Blakemore alex@cs.umd.edu   NeXT mail accepted


I like the idea and the division as proposed sounds reasonable.
Frank