Re: ARM vs. LRM vs. ... (was: Re: How to convert characters in a string into integers ?)

[Jerry Petrey <"jdpetrey<NOSPAM>"@west.raytheon.com>]

Tucker Taft wrote:
> 
> Marin David Condic wrote:
> >
> > I don't have the original paper copy handy, but FWIW, the online version at:
> > http://archive.adaic.com/standards/83lrm/html/ada_lrm.html clearly titles
> > the manual as "Ada '83 Language Reference Manual". In contrast, the page at:
> > http://www.adaic.org/standards/95lrm/html/RM-Ttl.html shows the title for
> > the Ada95 reference manual as: "Ada Reference Manual". I believe this is why
> > originally, we called it the "LRM", but with Ada95 it became the "ARM".
> 
> I am told Jean Ichbiah hated the term "LRM" -- he preferred simply "RM" (reminds
> me of the country club in Boston called "The Country Club" -- under "T" in
> the phone book!).
> 
> For Ada 95, we didn't want to offend the hater(s?) of the term "LRM," and perhaps
> were willing to recognize the presence of other languages, so using "ARM" became
> natural.  Of course, then we added an annotated version, which became
> known as "AARM."
> 
> >
> > MDC
> > 
> >
> > "Jerry Petrey @west.raytheon.com>" <"jdpetrey<NOSPAM> wrote in message
> > news:3C5FF78B.D3E73A94@west.raytheon.com...
> > >
> > > LRM was the common term for the Ada 83 Reference Manual back at the time I
> > got
> > > involved with Ada in the late 80's.
> > >
> 
> --
> -Tucker Taft   

I know John Barnes referred to it as the LRM in all of his old books but in 
"Programming in Ada95" he switched over to ARM or RM95.

I still like LRM better - after all, we all know there shouldn't be any other
language besides Ada :=)

Jerry
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