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=1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8264dac98bc604d8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-13 14:48:49 PST Path: sparky!uunet!fedfil!news From: news@fedfil.UUCP (news) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The actual quote from the Post AAS article Message-ID: <343@fedfil.UUCP> Date: 13 Mar 93 22:34:08 GMT References: <1no3fbINN3h7@umbc4.umbc.edu*<1993Mar12.232510.7619@seas.gwu.edu> Organization: HTE Date: 1993-03-13T22:34:08+00:00 List-Id: In article <1993Mar12.232510.7619@seas.gwu.edu>, mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes: *> Incidently, if Ted Holden doesn't want to trust transportation *>systems written in Ada, his transportation options will soon be *>limited to automobiles. Ada is also beginning to dominate software *>for rail and ship traffic control systems. *Hmmm. Maybe cars are off limits to him too. Rumors have circulated, *which nobody could confirm but were said to be reliable, that GM has used *Ada in transmissions. 'Course Ted probably drives a Honda anyway. *Would you believe mopeds? Try a 1986 Merkur, 5 forward speeds plus turbocharger. I avoid Japanese cars out of patriotism, GM cars out of a normal instinct for survival. And when the ultimate total collapse of Ada air-traffic control grounds you, I'll still be up there, safe from the clutches of the FAA. -- Ted Holden HTE