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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,37ed89588a753b4c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-18 09:51:04 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uunet!gwu.edu!gwu.edu!not-for-mail From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ARPA still undermining Ada Date: 18 Oct 1994 12:25:32 -0400 Organization: George Washington University Message-ID: <380sts$ohc@felix.seas.gwu.edu> References: <37gn4u$ljj@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> <37gnv0$j5u@cmcl2.nyu.edu> <37u1h3$hpd@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <37ui4p$rd4@cmcl2.nyu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.164.9.3 Date: 1994-10-18T12:25:32-04:00 List-Id: In article <37ui4p$rd4@cmcl2.nyu.edu>, Richard Kenner wrote: >In article <37u1h3$hpd@felix.seas.gwu.edu> mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes: >>In his talk at TRI-Ada 92, Richard Stallman said very publicly and >>unambiguously that he didn't like C++. If he's just tolerating it, >>that may explain why g++ is not getting the proper attention. > >I don't think that's fair. G++ was originally written by one of the >founders of Cygnus (while he was at MCC) and is being maintained by >Cygnus. The problems with G++ are technical; RMS wouldn't have >had the time to be personally involved even if he had a more favorable >attitude towards the C++ language. OK, thanks for the clarification. Mike Feldman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael B. Feldman - chair, SIGAda Education Working Group Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The George Washington University - Washington, DC 20052 USA 202-994-5919 (voice) - 202-994-0227 (fax) - mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Internet) "Non illegitimi carborundum." (Don't let the bastards grind you down.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------