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,CP1252 X-Google-Thread: 103376,1b1a6e7f6b4388de X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-21 02:49:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.204!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!sccrnsc03.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F1BB6A6.9050101@attbi.com> From: "Robert I. Eachus" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada.Streams.Stream_IO.File_Type References: <4a4de33a.0307200327.3ca6705@posting.google.com> <3F1AA639.5070200@attbi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.31.71.243 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: sccrnsc03 1058780856 66.31.71.243 (Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:47:36 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:47:36 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:47:36 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40540 Date: 2003-07-21T09:47:36+00:00 List-Id: Nick Roberts wrote: > I was. Sorry. No, problem, I knew what you meant. But someone agreed with your post, so I responded to make sure we didn't get snarked: "Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried, As he landed his crew with care; Supporting each man on the top of the tide By a finger entwined in his hair. "Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice: That alone should encourage the crew. Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice: What I tell you three times is true." -- The Hunting of the Snark: an Agony in Eight Fits by Lewis Carroll (If you never have read it, or haven't read it in ages, it can be found in many locations on line. http://oldpoetry.com/volume/164 has illustrations by Mervyn Peake another site is http://www.snark.de/carroll/snark/) -- Robert I. Eachus �In an ally, considerations of house, clan, planet, race are insignificant beside two prime questions, which are: 1. Can he shoot? 2. Will he aim at your enemy?� -- from the Laiden novels by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.