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,be23df8e7e275d73 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-11 19:21:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B4D0989.7A6120E@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: "is ada dead?" A challenge for all of us? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 02:20:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.133.140.36 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 994904455 206.133.140.36 (Wed, 11 Jul 2001 19:20:55 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 19:20:55 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 19:18:37 PDT (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9845 Date: 2001-07-12T02:20:55+00:00 List-Id: tmoran@acm.org wrote: > > What programs should be rewritten in Ada that aren't, at least > partly, IO drivers? How about a graphical web browser that doesn't crash frequently, and gives the user control over cookies, cache, contacting domains other than that requested by the user, redisplaying pages from cache, popping up unwanted windows, ... -- Jeff Carter "You empty-headed animal-food-trough wiper." Monty Python & the Holy Grail