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=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,278dbaa392fd4ed1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-25 14:41:50 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: william.f.schreckenstein@lmco.com (Bill Schreckenstein) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Protest against the war on Iraq Date: 25 Mar 2003 14:41:49 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <25919840.0303251441.2c024bc@posting.google.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.35.35.35 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1048632110 2266 127.0.0.1 (25 Mar 2003 22:41:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 Mar 2003 22:41:50 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35701 Date: 2003-03-25T22:41:50+00:00 List-Id: This ada board is not a proper place for sounding off against a war. I do agree however that now is not a good time for one. I would like to think that everyone here no matter what stance they carry support our men and women overseas who follow their orders and defend our freedoms. We are very lucky to have them as members of this great nation. As for the Patriots they did shoot down a friendly so 6 for 6 isn't a valid statement either. I do however know that many of the systems you see at work .. from subs to planes to ships have ada inside .. and as an ada coder you have to appreciate the complexity of these systems. I can't even begin to describe how much easier a time I have had writting code in ada and debugging it vs. C++. I hope this board keeps up the good work ... I have learned a lot from everyone posting here. Regards, Bill