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, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,103b407e8b68350b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-07 04:49:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: Richard Riehle Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Anybody in US using ADA ? One silly idea.. Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 04:58:54 -0800 Organization: AdaWorks Software Engineering Message-ID: <3E1ACF0E.5CA15765@adaworks.com> References: <3E147D79.2070703@cogeco.ca> Reply-To: richard@adaworks.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 41.b2.40.7b Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 7 Jan 2003 12:49:58 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32667 Date: 2003-01-07T12:49:58+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > It might not hurt to start over again with a new name and a new language > that patterned itself on Ada When Ada 95 came on the scene, I suggested to quite a few people that we call it "Tucker." Someone suggested that this was too reminiscent of the failed automobile of the 1950's, which was too far ahead of its time to be appreciated, The Tucker. Richard Riehle