Re: What kind of people like Ada?

Re: What kind of people like Ada?

[Oliver Kellogg]

For a popular perception of what kind of people program in Ada, turn 
to chapter 1.4.3 ("Programming languages and utilities") of "Linux 
Installation and Getting Started", version 2.1.1, by Matt Welsh. 
The second paragraph says:

"   Besides C and C++, many other compiled and interpreted programming
  languages have been ported to Linux, such as Smalltalk, FORTRAN, Pascal,
  LISP, Scheme, and Ada (if you're masochistic enough to program in Ada --
  we're not going to stop you.)  "


Wes Groleau (bl884@freenet.HSC.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
> [...]
> Reasons ? (these answers will make it easy to discard the garbage!!!)

You definitely have my okay to discard...
O. M. Kellogg, in a fit of random rambling

Re: What kind of people like Ada?

[David Weller]

In article <3n3um2$s0i@salyko.cube.net>,
Oliver Kellogg <okellogg@cube.net> wrote:
>For a popular perception of what kind of people program in Ada, turn 
>to chapter 1.4.3 ("Programming languages and utilities") of "Linux 
>Installation and Getting Started", version 2.1.1, by Matt Welsh. 
>The second paragraph says:
>
>"   Besides C and C++, many other compiled and interpreted programming
>  languages have been ported to Linux, such as Smalltalk, FORTRAN, Pascal,
>  LISP, Scheme, and Ada (if you're masochistic enough to program in Ada --
>  we're not going to stop you.)  "
>
>

For all of you Linux users (like myself), send a polite note to Matt
telling him that
1) Ada users aren't masochists (well, most of us aren't :-)
2) There are a lot of Linux activists who are also Ada activists, and
that we deserve better comments than what's currently in the Linux
guide.  

All we want is parity.  I don't think that's too much to ask.

Matt can be reached at:  
	mdw@sunsite.unc.edu


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Re: What kind of people like Ada?

[Matt Welsh]

In article <3n3um2$s0i@salyko.cube.net>,
Oliver Kellogg <okellogg@cube.net> wrote:
>For a popular perception of what kind of people program in Ada, turn 
>to chapter 1.4.3 ("Programming languages and utilities") of "Linux 
>Installation and Getting Started", version 2.1.1, by Matt Welsh. 
>The second paragraph says:
>
>"   Besides C and C++, many other compiled and interpreted programming
>  languages have been ported to Linux, such as Smalltalk, FORTRAN, Pascal,
>  LISP, Scheme, and Ada (if you're masochistic enough to program in Ada --
>  we're not going to stop you.)  "

I wrote the book quoted above, and have been receiving some interesting
flames since this was posted to comp.lang.ada. I'd like to point out that
the book described above is a _free_ manual distributed via the Internet,
which I provide as a service to the Linux community. In addition, I take
a tongue-in-cheek approach to many subjects in the book, and the above
comment about Ada was meant primarily as a joke. I come from the school
of extremist C and UNIX hackers, and tend to chide just about anything else. 

Obviously, readers of this group have differing opinions on this matter.
That's fine---I'm not asking anyone to agree with me. Just don't take it
so seriously. It's a joke. 

M. Welsh

Re: What kind of people like Ada?

[Matt Welsh]

In article <3n46ld$p2v@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>,
David Weller <dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> wrote:
>For all of you Linux users (like myself), send a polite note to Matt
>telling him that

Please don't. I get enough e-mail already. :)

mdw