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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc5c0fdbfd63e56a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: rodemann@mathematik.uni-ulm.de (Joerg Rodemann) Subject: Re: general comment on CLA Date: 1997/09/19 Message-ID: <34228efd.0@news.uni-ulm.de>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 273823536 References: Organization: University of Ulm, SAI, Germany Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-09-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: 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 -- rodemann@mathematik.uni-ulm.de | Dipl.-Phys. Joerg S. Rodemann Phone: ++49-(0)711-5090670 | Flurstrasse 21, D-70372 Stuttgart, Germany -------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- rodemann@rus.uni-stuttgart.de | University of Stuttgart, Computing Center Phone: ++49-(0)711-685-5815 | Visualization Department, Office: 0.304 Fax: ++49-(0)711-678-7626 | Allmandring 30a, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany