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: 103376,35ce1c7836290812 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen) Subject: Re: GNAT discussions should be here as well. Date: 1999/03/02 Message-ID: <1999Mar2.095531.1@eisner>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 450381618 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: eisner.decus.org References: <7bflkk$78i$1@news.ro.com> <7bgmqm$82v@drn.newsguy.com> X-Trace: news.decus.org 920386535 21305 KILGALLEN [192.67.173.2] Organization: LJK Software Reply-To: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-03-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <7bgmqm$82v@drn.newsguy.com>, kvisko@ writes: > In article , "David says... >> >>In your lengthy message (which might have better been submitted to >>chat@gnat.com), > > Why? I do not recall your original post, so I cannot comment on whether _it_ is more appropriate in a compiler-specific venue. Many are, however. > In Other language newsgroups, such as C/C++/Java, people all the time > ask questions in reference to using specific compilers such as > VC++, Borland , gcc, etc.. And in other languages one gets equivalence between integers and pointers without asking for it :-). Throughout the internet newsgroups, however, there are various styles of operation. > No one thinks of saying that each compiler users should have a separate mailing > list. If so, then those news groups will be almost empty. >> It is not like this news group is so busy. Even if it were, then this will > be a good thing, not a bad thing. > > We should have all Ada discussions here, GNAT or none GNAT. Having separate > mailing lists for Ada related stuff don't make sense to me given the small > Ada community size. The level of activity on comp.lang.ada is about right by my standards. Padding it with information of marginal interest to some readers does a disservice to those who have other things to do in their life. > All public Ada discussions should be done here, on any topic, any one can > simply ignore threads they are not interested in. Why are the Ada people > so up-tight about these things? While on other newsgroups no one makes > any point about these things? Many other newsgroups have their own ways of conducting business, but they may not be ones with which you are familiar. > May be have some convention of subject, where if the question is on GNAT, > it will say "GNAT: etc..", this way, people can easily not read it if they > do not want to. No, I want to know things about GNAT that are of general interest, but not the details of bug discussions, etc. Larry Kilgallen