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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,66bc6b039f1e005d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-10-11 18:07:06 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-uk!supernews.com!193.162.153.122.MISMATCH!news.tele.dk!128.39.3.166!uninett.no!newsfeed1.enitel.no!masternews.telia.net!newsc.telia.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Three simple questions From: bjarne.backstrom@telia.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bjarne_B=E4ckstr=F6m?=) Message-ID: <200010120307433041802@t4o921p87.telia.com> References: <2BED68CA963D6D55.A78776F656DA0452.75A61ED22116F1B6@lp.airnews.net> <39E47530.EB5FE94B@averstar.com> X-Newsreader: MacSOUP 2.2.1 Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 01:05:57 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.64.21.207 X-Complaints-To: abuse@telia.com X-Trace: newsc.telia.net 971312757 213.64.21.207 (Thu, 12 Oct 2000 03:05:57 CEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 03:05:57 CEST Organization: Telia Internet Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1178 Date: 2000-10-12T01:05:57+00:00 List-Id: Tucker Taft wrote: [...] > someone claimed that "Ichbiah" was Swedish for "iceberg" and that > is why 90% of the complexity of Ada 83 was hidden below the surface. Sorry to disappoint you, but "iceberg" is "isberg" in Swedish ... even less complex than the English version. :-)