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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,91c99e29166071e5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Wes Groleau Subject: Re: Interesting Ada article Date: 2000/10/06 Message-ID: <39DE2D41.6C3384E2@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 678416490 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <8rafq8$t46$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <39DCD95A.95160F23@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <8rkt27$es1$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8rl06p$hl4$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Accept-Language: en,es,fr,pt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 970861897 151.168.144.162 (Fri, 06 Oct 2000 15:51:37 EDT) Organization: Raytheon Company MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 15:51:37 EDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-10-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > I just noticed the graphic above the article! For those who don't get > the magazine (which, BTW, fully reflects the heavy C/C++ useage in > embedded work), it shows on one side a proper little girl sitting in a > fancy chair, with a star above her head and "ADA" (sic) written across > her, while on the other side a goofy-looking boy sits on a stool with a > dunce cap and "C++" written across him. Makes me think they'd be > receptive to more Ada articles... In fact, the "cover" article about measuring has a few "in passing" remarks about C++ deficiencies and Ada advantages. When I thanked the editor, Michael Barr for not pretending Ada doesn't exist (like some mags), he said he is trying to get the mag more balanced with regard to Ada, and "expect more Ada articles in Y2K+1" -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau