From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 17 Dec 92 17:19:42 GMT From: agate!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc. ti.com!mksol!mccall@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (fred j mccall 575-3539) Subject: Re: Lets split comp.lang.ada into multiple groups to confine flames Message-ID: <1992Dec17.171942.26302@mksol.dseg.ti.com> List-Id: In <62879@mimsy.umd.edu> alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore) writes: >In article tarcea@gdls.CSCTMD.COM (Glenn Tarcea) writes: >> Can we please stay on the topic of discussing Ada, and Ada in >> real-world systems. All languages have their strengths and weaknesses >> and I am tired of hearing religous comparisons of why either Ada is >> better than language X or language X is better than Ada. Maybe a news >> group called comp.lang.religion should be started for these stupid discussio ns. >good posting, but how about a real division- >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 Uh, I think you're probably going to have some problems getting this past all the other language groups, since it seems to assume that 'comp.lang.programmer' assumes Ada. Now, I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm SURE I've programmed computers in other languages besides Ada. Now, I might vote for a comp.lang.announce, but I don't know that I would want someone dedicated to ANY language 'moderating' it. Once again, it assumes that 'comp.lang' equates to 'comp.lang.ada'. I suspect this is a real bad assumption. -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.