From: Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lmtas.lmco.com>
Subject: Re: Multiple reasons for failure of Ariane 5 (was: Re: Ariane 5 - not an exception?)
Date: 1996/08/26
Date: 1996-08-26T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <32217BC4.3583@lmtas.lmco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4vjea6$gj7@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au
++ robin wrote:
>
> ---It doesn't make me look silly because I didn't ask
> the question. I was pointing out the problems people
> have in writing codes in that language. Do you have
> a problem with that?
> _______________________________________
>
> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
> Subject: Re: How do I get the square root of a number?
> >Hi!
> >
> >I have a simple question. I am using a VAX ada compiler. I would like
> >to know what package I must include and what the operational syntax looks
> >like for getting a square root of a number.
> >
> >I have searched my language manuals in vain. I would greatly appreciate
> >any help.
Given that this information _is_ in the VAX Ada language manual (and has been
for all of this decade, and then some), yes, I have a problem with using a
user question to somehow indicate there's something wrong with the Ada
language.
And yes, it does make you look silly to try to use it in this manner.
How's that list of real-time flight systems written in PL/I progressing?
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1996-07-25 0:00 Ariane 5 - not an exception? Simon Bluck
1996-07-25 0:00 ` Multiple reasons for failure of Ariane 5 (was: Re: Ariane 5 - not an exception?) Kirk Beitz
1996-07-26 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-05 0:00 ` Darren C Davenport
1996-08-06 0:00 ` U32872
1996-08-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-08 0:00 ` Pascal Martin @lone
1996-08-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-10 0:00 ` dwnoon
1996-08-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-15 0:00 ` dwnoon
1996-08-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-20 0:00 ` dwnoon
1996-08-12 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-15 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-08-22 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-31 0:00 ` Ada versus PL/I " Richard Riehle
1996-09-02 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-09-02 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-09-03 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-09-03 0:00 ` Robb Nebbe
1996-09-17 0:00 ` shmuel
1996-09-17 0:00 ` Jay McFadyen
1996-09-18 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-09-20 0:00 ` shmuel
1996-09-03 0:00 ` J. Kanze
1996-09-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-09 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-09-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-09 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-03 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-09-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-07 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-09-06 0:00 ` PL/I or PL/1 Larry Hazel
1996-09-11 0:00 ` Multiple reasons for failure of Ariane 5 (was: Re: Ariane 5 - not an exception?) J.Worringen
1996-09-12 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-14 0:00 ` David Alex Lamb
1996-09-14 0:00 ` Use DejaNews to retrieve Ariane discussion David Alex Lamb
1996-09-19 0:00 ` Earl H. Kinmonth
1996-08-11 0:00 ` Multiple reasons for failure of Ariane 5 (was: Re: Ariane 5 - not an exception?) ++ robin
[not found] ` <4uibvh$References: <Dv45EJ.8r@fsa.bris.ac.uk>
1996-08-16 0:00 ` A. Grant
1996-08-08 0:00 ` bohn
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-08-26 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-08-23 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-26 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-27 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-28 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-08-29 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-30 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-30 0:00 ` David Weller
1996-09-04 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-06 0:00 ` Sandy McPherson
1996-09-09 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-30 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-08-26 0:00 ` Ken Garlington [this message]
1996-08-26 0:00 ` Dave Jones
1996-08-27 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-30 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-09-04 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-06 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-09-18 0:00 ` Merlin Dorfman
1996-09-20 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-08-30 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-30 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-09-06 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Ariane 5 - not an exception? Bob Gilbert
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Martin Tom Brown
1996-07-30 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-07-31 0:00 ` Greg Bond
1996-08-03 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-07-26 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Bill Angel
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Paul_Green
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Lloyd Fischer
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Bob Kurtz
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Nancy Mead
1996-07-31 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-07-31 0:00 ` Steve O'Neill
1996-08-01 0:00 ` root
1996-08-01 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Richard Shetron
1996-07-30 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-04 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-08-05 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-08-05 0:00 ` Nigel Tzeng
1996-08-06 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-08-05 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-08-13 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-13 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-13 0:00 ` Kirk Bradley
1996-08-14 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-18 0:00 ` PL/I Versus Ada (Was: Arianne ...) Richard Riehle
1996-08-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-20 0:00 ` Lon Amick
1996-08-21 0:00 ` Lon D. Gowen, Ph.D.
1996-08-21 0:00 ` Tony Konashenok
1996-08-28 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-08-29 0:00 ` Lon D. Gowen, Ph.D.
1996-08-30 0:00 ` Tony Konashenok
1996-08-30 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-08-30 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-08-21 0:00 ` Tim Dugan
1996-08-23 0:00 ` arbuckj
1996-08-22 0:00 ` Ariane 5 - not an exception? ++ robin
1996-08-22 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-13 0:00 ` Darren C Davenport
1996-08-14 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-08-19 0:00 ` Chris Papademetrious
1996-08-22 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-22 0:00 ` Martin Tom Brown
1996-08-22 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-24 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-08-26 0:00 ` Byron B. Kauffman
1996-08-27 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-08-28 0:00 ` Byron B. Kauffman
1996-08-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-29 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1996-08-30 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Bob Gilbert
1996-08-24 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-08-25 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-08-27 0:00 ` Tom Speer
1996-08-26 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-08-20 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-02 0:00 ` Craig P. Beyers
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Steve O'Neill
1996-07-31 0:00 ` Martin Tom Brown
1996-07-31 0:00 ` Nigel Tzeng
1996-08-02 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-03 0:00 ` Thomas Kendelbacher
1996-08-01 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-01 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-05 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-08-06 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-06 0:00 ` Mark van Walraven
1996-08-06 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-02 0:00 ` Pascal Martin @lone
1996-08-03 0:00 ` Dr. Richard Botting
1996-08-05 0:00 ` system
1996-08-06 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-08 0:00 ` Darius Blasband
1996-08-10 0:00 ` dwnoon
1996-08-12 0:00 ` Thomas Kendelbacher
1996-08-13 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-13 0:00 ` Roy Gardiner
1996-08-13 0:00 ` Lance Kibblewhite
1996-08-13 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-13 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-15 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-08-05 0:00 ` Steve O'Neill
1996-08-06 0:00 ` Francis Lipski
1996-08-07 0:00 ` Martin Tom Brown
1996-08-09 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-06 0:00 ` Frank Manning
1996-08-08 0:00 ` Steve O'Neill
1996-08-09 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1996-08-09 0:00 ` JP Thornley
1996-08-13 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-13 0:00 ` Steve O'Neill
1996-08-01 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-08-02 0:00 ` James Kanze US/ESC 60/3/141 #40763
1996-08-06 0:00 ` Stefan 'Stetson' Skoglund
1996-08-06 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-07-26 0:00 ` JP Thornley
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Nigel Tzeng
1996-07-29 0:00 ` JP Thornley
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-07-31 0:00 ` JP Thornley
1996-08-01 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1996-08-02 0:00 ` JP Thornley
1996-08-01 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-07-27 0:00 ` Bill Angel
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Dr. Richard Botting
1996-07-30 0:00 ` David Weller
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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