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_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,dcef461458f157f6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-11-20 23:15:09 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: "Bobby D. Bryant" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Here we go again... Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 01:13:10 -0600 Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Message-ID: <3A1A2085.287ADB7C@mail.utexas.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-122-12.ots.utexas.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: geraldo.cc.utexas.edu 974790657 5330 128.83.221.60 (21 Nov 2000 07:10:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@cc.utexas.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Nov 2000 07:10:57 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.10-ac12 i586) X-Accept-Language: en,fr,de Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:2311 Date: 2000-11-21T07:10:57+00:00 List-Id: dale wrote: > "Ada is Pascal based, but it is a complex language > designed by committee for the military, and that's > at least three strikes against it." My standard response to the "designed by committee" dis is to ask the speaker whether s/he would ever consider buying an automobile, riding an airplane, or working in a building that was designed by a committee. People don't seem to stop and think about how asinine it is to use "designed by committee" as an attempted slur in the world of technology. Bobby Bryant Austin, Texas