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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a6b:8aa0:: with SMTP id c32-v6mr942134ioj.85.1526481324886; Wed, 16 May 2018 07:35:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:4509:: with SMTP id w9-v6mr53629ote.10.1526481324572; Wed, 16 May 2018 07:35:24 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!85.12.16.70.MISMATCH!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!v8-v6no1042640itc.0!news-out.google.com!f20-v6ni5232itd.0!nntp.google.com!u74-v6no1046021itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 07:35:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6420bab2-0aef-4d36-b978-525e4de45e7e@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2a02:c7d:3c35:b000:325a:3aff:fe0f:37a5; posting-account=L2-UcQkAAAAfd_BqbeNHs3XeM0jTXloS NNTP-Posting-Host: 2a02:c7d:3c35:b000:325a:3aff:fe0f:37a5 References: <6420bab2-0aef-4d36-b978-525e4de45e7e@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1eeacf5a-b527-4572-8879-0e1d5dfba9d0@googlegroups.com> Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_meaningfully=2Fcompellingly_=E2=80=9Cadvertising=E2=80=9D_Ada_?= =?UTF-8?Q?on_StackOverflow?= From: Lucretia Injection-Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 14:35:24 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 2497 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3286323358 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:52370 Date: 2018-05-16T07:35:24-07:00 List-Id: On Wednesday, 16 May 2018 15:27:12 UTC+1, Dan'l Miller wrote: > One thing to help Ada =E2=80=9Ccross the chasm=E2=80=9D would be for each= of the how-can-I-do-this-in-Ada questions posted here on c.l.a to also be = posted in StackOverflow with (at least) the tag Ada. Of course, there does= exist some overlap of participants here on c.l.a with Ada participants in = StackOverflow, but conversely there do exist some StackOverflow users who a= re knowledgable about Ada (or are genuinely-open-mindedly curious about Ada= to have already explored Ada) who never or rarely visit c.l.a. >=20 > But the A#1 primary goal to accomplish regarding the posting of juicy/rev= ealing questions about Ada code is for strangers who are full-fledged Ada-h= ater and Ada-agnostic and what-is-this-Ada-that-I-have-never-heard-of peopl= e to see actual Ada code that is beautiful and expressive and accomplishing= real-world goals, reacting with: You have to get them reading the ada tags first.