* So long folks (from Robert Dewar) @ 2002-08-31 22:04 Robert Dewar 2002-09-01 16:33 ` Peter Richtmyer ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Robert Dewar @ 2002-08-31 22:04 UTC (permalink / raw) I have decided to tune off comp.lang.ada. There is not enough time in the day to read everything around. I am happy to get email at dewar@gnat.com if there is anything that people specifically want to discuss with me. Meanwhile I am busy going over ten years of google archives and I am extracting useful posts of mine to gather together in a collection :-) Robert Dewar ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: So long folks (from Robert Dewar) 2002-08-31 22:04 So long folks (from Robert Dewar) Robert Dewar @ 2002-09-01 16:33 ` Peter Richtmyer 2002-09-02 2:06 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG 2002-09-04 22:11 ` François Godmé 2002-09-06 22:01 ` Stanley Allen 2 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Peter Richtmyer @ 2002-09-01 16:33 UTC (permalink / raw) dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) wrote in message news:<5ee5b646.0208311404.1b25a276@posting.google.com>... > I am extracting useful posts of mine... from which I infer that some were not useful :-) Seriously, I always check out what Dewar says in a thread first, and will miss your posts. But I also suspect that you might be back again ...? Peter ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: So long folks (from Robert Dewar) 2002-09-01 16:33 ` Peter Richtmyer @ 2002-09-02 2:06 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG 2002-09-02 6:34 ` Dale Stanbrough 0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Warren W. Gay VE3WWG @ 2002-09-02 2:06 UTC (permalink / raw) Peter Richtmyer wrote: > dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) wrote in message news:<5ee5b646.0208311404.1b25a276@posting.google.com>... > >>I am extracting useful posts of mine... > > from which I infer that some were not useful :-) > > Seriously, I always check out what Dewar says in a thread > first, and will miss your posts. But I also suspect that > you might be back again ...? > > Peter You will be missed. -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: So long folks (from Robert Dewar) 2002-09-02 2:06 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG @ 2002-09-02 6:34 ` Dale Stanbrough 2002-09-02 15:04 ` Ben Brosgol ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Dale Stanbrough @ 2002-09-02 6:34 UTC (permalink / raw) In article <3D72C7BC.80102@cogeco.ca>, "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca> wrote: > > You will be missed. I'm thinking of writing an AI program (in Ada of course!) that will make occasional posts such as... "The LRM says no such thing" "That's a declaration, not a specification" "Cobol isn't really that bad" etc. Dale :-) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: So long folks (from Robert Dewar) 2002-09-02 6:34 ` Dale Stanbrough @ 2002-09-02 15:04 ` Ben Brosgol 2002-09-03 14:27 ` Ted Dennison 2002-09-03 15:03 ` Wes Groleau 2 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Ben Brosgol @ 2002-09-02 15:04 UTC (permalink / raw) > I'm thinking of writing an AI program (in Ada of course!) that will > make occasional posts such as... > > "The LRM says no such thing" > "That's a declaration, not a specification" > "Cobol isn't really that bad" > > etc. Actually if these are to look like quotes from RBKD then they will need to be slightly modified. Robert would never refer to the "LRM" (there is no such thing) but rather use "ARM" ("Ada Reference Manual") or simply "RM". And he would never spell "COBOL" in mixed case :-) Ben Brosgol Ada Core Technologies ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: So long folks (from Robert Dewar) 2002-09-02 6:34 ` Dale Stanbrough 2002-09-02 15:04 ` Ben Brosgol @ 2002-09-03 14:27 ` Ted Dennison 2002-09-03 15:07 ` sk 2002-09-03 15:03 ` Wes Groleau 2 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Ted Dennison @ 2002-09-03 14:27 UTC (permalink / raw) Dale Stanbrough <dstanbro@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:<dstanbro-F22418.16340902092002@news-server.bigpond.net.au>... > I'm thinking of writing an AI program (in Ada of course!) that will > make occasional posts such as... > > "The LRM says no such thing" > "That's a declaration, not a specification" > "Cobol isn't really that bad" A Dewarbot? ... I love it. :-) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: So long folks (from Robert Dewar) 2002-09-03 14:27 ` Ted Dennison @ 2002-09-03 15:07 ` sk 0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: sk @ 2002-09-03 15:07 UTC (permalink / raw) Hi, ------------------------------------- with CLA_Io; with Miscellaneous_Support_Functions; with Random_Number_Generator; procedure Dewar_Bot is package CLAIO renames CLA_Io; package MSF renames Miscellaneous_Support_Functions; package RNG renames Random_Number_Generator; Date : MSF.Date_Type; Ignoring : Boolean := True; type Response_Type is new String (1 .. 20); Responses : constant array (1 .. 7) of Response_Type := ( 1 => "Rubbish ", 2 => "Complete Drivel ", 3 => "Nonsense ", 4 => "Contact ACT support ", 5 => "Complete Nonsense ", 6 => "Absolute Rubbish ", 7 => "See the RM, " ); Chapter, Verse : Natural := 0; begin loop MSF.Get_Date (Date); exit when Date = "2002.08.31"; loop CLAIO.Get_Message; exit when CLAIO.No_New_CLA_Messages; Ignoring := RNG.Get_Random_Boolean_Value; if not Ignoring then Response_Id := RNG.Get_Random_Natural ( First => Responses'First, Last => Responses'Last ); if Response_Id = Responses'Last then Chapter := RNG.Get_Random_Natural (1 .. 1000); Verse := RNG.Get_Random_Natural (1 .. 1000); CLAIO.Send_Response ( Responses(Response_Id) & "Chapter : " & Natural'Image (Chapter) & ", Verse : " & Natural'Image (Verse) ); else CLAIO.Send_Response (Responses(Response_Id)); end if; end if; end loop; MSF.Wait_For_An_Hour_Or_So; end loop; end Dewar_Bot; ------------------------------------- Please take this in the spirit (and silliness) of the current thread and not a personal comment about Robert Dewar. He can't be all that bad ! After all, he did invite everyone to come and watch a movie on his big-tv once after he mistakenly posted a personal e-mail o o | \_/ -- ------------------------------------- -- Merge vertically for real address ------------------------------------- s n p @ t . o k i e k c c m ------------------------------------- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: So long folks (from Robert Dewar) 2002-09-02 6:34 ` Dale Stanbrough 2002-09-02 15:04 ` Ben Brosgol 2002-09-03 14:27 ` Ted Dennison @ 2002-09-03 15:03 ` Wes Groleau 2 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Wes Groleau @ 2002-09-03 15:03 UTC (permalink / raw) > I'm thinking of writing an AI program (in Ada of course!) that will > make occasional posts such as... > > "The LRM says no such thing" Well, if the program were actually correct most of the time (as was RBKD), it would be a good thing. Otherwise, I'd have to write "DewarBot II" (DBII?) which always responds to DB I with "That's just FUD, and we don't need any more FUD." -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: So long folks (from Robert Dewar) 2002-08-31 22:04 So long folks (from Robert Dewar) Robert Dewar 2002-09-01 16:33 ` Peter Richtmyer @ 2002-09-04 22:11 ` François Godmé 2002-09-05 13:40 ` Preben Randhol 2002-09-06 22:01 ` Stanley Allen 2 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: François Godmé @ 2002-09-04 22:11 UTC (permalink / raw) Robert Dewar wrote: > I have decided to tune off comp.lang.ada. There is not > enough time in the day to read everything around. I am > happy to get email at dewar@gnat.com if there is anything > that people specifically want to discuss with me. Sometimes, an evening was barely enough time for me to read just your posts but I enjoyed your style and your crystal-clear thoughts. You were the only poster that I read in this newsgroup. (I apologize for all the other posters. I hope not to offend you.) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: So long folks (from Robert Dewar) 2002-09-04 22:11 ` François Godmé @ 2002-09-05 13:40 ` Preben Randhol 0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Preben Randhol @ 2002-09-05 13:40 UTC (permalink / raw) On Thu, 05 Sep 2002 00:11:01 +0200, Fran�ois Godm� wrote: > Sometimes, an evening was barely enough time for me to read just your > posts but I enjoyed your style and your crystal-clear thoughts. You were > the only poster that I read in this newsgroup. (I apologize for all the > other posters. I hope not to offend you.) No problem, I don't remember seing any other posts from you either ;-) But I guess you are not reading this ... :-) Preben ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: So long folks (from Robert Dewar) 2002-08-31 22:04 So long folks (from Robert Dewar) Robert Dewar 2002-09-01 16:33 ` Peter Richtmyer 2002-09-04 22:11 ` François Godmé @ 2002-09-06 22:01 ` Stanley Allen 2 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Stanley Allen @ 2002-09-06 22:01 UTC (permalink / raw) dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) wrote: > I have decided to tune off comp.lang.ada "Ode for Him" (with apologies to Robert Herrick) AH, Bob! Les Miserables On C.L.A Watch you go away. So send to us Thy wit's great over-plus, And summarize That talent Googlized. For such a stock and store Of Ada wit our group shall have no more. Stanley Allen mailto:stanley@nehushtan.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
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