From: aglew@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM
Subject: Re: Ha ha!
Date: 14 Apr 88 15:35:00 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <31900001@urbsdc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 2662@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU
>In the April 1988 issue of DefenseScience, page 30, a large contractor is
>advertising job openings, including:
>
> "Must be acknowledged expert in Ada community with advanced degrees,
> minimum of 10 years Ada experience, and professionally published in Ada
> field"
>
>Ok, I give up. How does one get 10 years of Ada experience, since by
>definition, Ada only exists after Feb 17, 1983, and validated compilers
>(by definition, the only real compilers) did not exist until later. Even
>the prelanguage was July 1980.
>
>Or is this a subtle April fool's joke?
Could it be that they are trying to justify hiring a foreigner who
was on one of the original Ada design teams? Or maybe even an
American...
(BTW, I'm an "outstanding alien" too)
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1988-04-12 21:21 Ha ha! Randy Neff
1988-04-14 14:15 ` Robert Firth
1988-04-14 14:29 ` Arny B. Engelson
1988-04-14 15:35 ` aglew [this message]
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1988-04-15 13:12 Brian M. Clapper
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