From: rodemann@mathematik.uni-ulm.de (Joerg Rodemann)
Subject: Re: general comment on CLA
Date: 1997/09/19
Date: 1997-09-19T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <34228efd.0@news.uni-ulm.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.SGI.3.95.970918184323.18953C-100000@shellx.best.com
Brian Rogoff (bpr@shellx.best.com) wrote:
> I agree, but I don't think leaving the ng to the Eiffel/Java/C++/...
> language wars is the right thing to do. Some language comparison posts are
> appropriate, though I wish people making the comparisons had at least
> minimal familiarity with the languages being compared. Right now I just
> manually delete most junk postings.
> On 18 Sep 1997, Robert Dewar wrote:
> > Am I the only one who feels that CLA seems taken over by cross-posted
> > junk language wars?
> >
> > I am about to decide that CLA is no longer worth following, but if other
> > people feel that these kinds of threads are reasonable, fine.
It really would be a sad story for c.l.a. and a shame for all who partici-
pated in those lengthy Eiffel-Ada-threads (including me) if it leads to
the loss of a valuable member of this newsgroup. Certainly there was a lot
of repetition as well as some harsh words that did not seem appropriate.
However some of the postings lead to some interesting thoughts and insights
for me. Also it illustrated how strongly the terminology and way of thinking
is influenced by a regular use of just one language. (Hope I am not becoming
somewhat c-ish. :-) ).
So I would hope that we do not loose valuable input for this group by getting
to involved in such language wars. At some point this newsgroup would then
become totally uninteresting and not a good promotion for Ada since this
newsgroup may often --- at least for students --- be one of the entry points
towards this beautiful (but not perfect) language.
Regards
Joerg
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-09-18 0:00 general comment on CLA Robert Dewar
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-09-19 0:00 ` John Herro
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-21 0:00 ` John Herro
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Joerg Rodemann [this message]
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Moderation? :-( (Was Re: general comment on CLA) Brian Rogoff
1997-09-21 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1997-09-19 0:00 ` general comment on CLA Larry Kilgallen
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-21 0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu
1997-09-21 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
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1997-09-20 0:00 Marc Wachowitz
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