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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ee41f292779851e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-20 17:49:48 PST Path: pad-thai.cam.ov.com!noc.near.net!chpc.chpc.org!bigboote.WPI.EDU!news.mathworks.com!uunet!news.gcr.com!lute.gcr.com!not-for-mail From: dodger@gcr.com (Roger Labbe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada explanation? Date: 20 Jan 1995 12:09:04 -0500 Organization: Genuine Computing Resources 703-551-0095 login: guest Message-ID: <3foqng$pra@lute.gcr.com> References: <9501181627.AA19623@eurocontrol.de> <1995Jan19.235443.25311@nosc.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: lute.gcr.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #3 (NOV) Date: 1995-01-20T12:09:04-05:00 List-Id: ur, let's take a joke. The first few paragraphs were taken from the hacker jargon file (available on the MIT GNU FTP server). As you might expect, the jargon file is less than reverent towards any language besides C. It is rather satirical and, as it points out, "ha ha only serious." Roger