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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,85f66d53f7e779c0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-15 07:45:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C92103B.589B7A82@despammed.com> From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wesgroleau@despammed.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es-MX,es,pt,fr-CA,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: alternatives References: <3c91bdb8.1496401@news.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:16:11 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1016205393 151.168.144.162 (Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:16:33 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:16:33 CST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21287 Date: 2002-03-15T10:16:11-05:00 List-Id: > > >"... the Department of Defense, which was seeking alternatives to Ada ..." > > > > > >Who is The DoD , please ? > > > > Do you mean who is The Department of Defense? > > 1) The DoD does not act as a whole, with a consistent approach or goal (This > will surprise no one familiar with Ada) However, if one insists on pretending the DoD is a coherent unit, the statement would be false. The "DoD" is NOT "seeking alternatives" to Ada. The "DoD" is merely acknowledging that the language lemmings can't be stopped and are merely trying to prevent them from carrying the USA's safety into the sea with them. -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau