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,ab3c50aebe0aa719 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-18 18:36:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!netnews.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B2EACDF.61CEA3FC@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: An Old Market in which Ada May Play References: <3B2BF9CD.57D83FAF@acm.org> <3B2D5BA7.C7F6CCC3@linuxchip.demon.co.uk> <9gl34g$ah5$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 01:36:37 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.206.86 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 992914597 209.86.206.86 (Mon, 18 Jun 2001 18:36:37 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 18:36:37 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 18:34:32 PDT (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8877 Date: 2001-06-19T01:36:37+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > > Well, the fact that there may be other products out there that do this > doesn't mean it would be a *bad* idea to do it in Ada. Think about it this > way: Numerous users of web browsers are way-unsophisticated in general > computer stuff - they just use Netscape or Internet Explorer because it is > what they have and it does the job. If there was an "Ada-scape-lorer" out > there that had buttons like "Turn Off Advertising" and "Display Text First" > and a bunch of other filter capabilities that were jsut sitting there > instead of something you have to download as an extra, it might be a really > good thing. That's what I meant, but didn't say very well. -- Jeff Carter "English bed-wetting types." Monty Python & the Holy Grail