* Re: What kind of people like Ada?
1995-04-19 0:00 ` What kind of people like Ada? Oliver Kellogg
@ 1995-04-19 0:00 ` David Weller
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Matt Welsh
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Matt Welsh
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From: David Weller @ 1995-04-19 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article <3n3um2$s0i@salyko.cube.net>,
Oliver Kellogg <okellogg@cube.net> wrote:
>For a popular perception of what kind of people program in Ada, turn
>to chapter 1.4.3 ("Programming languages and utilities") of "Linux
>Installation and Getting Started", version 2.1.1, by Matt Welsh.
>The second paragraph says:
>
>" Besides C and C++, many other compiled and interpreted programming
> languages have been ported to Linux, such as Smalltalk, FORTRAN, Pascal,
> LISP, Scheme, and Ada (if you're masochistic enough to program in Ada --
> we're not going to stop you.) "
>
>
For all of you Linux users (like myself), send a polite note to Matt
telling him that
1) Ada users aren't masochists (well, most of us aren't :-)
2) There are a lot of Linux activists who are also Ada activists, and
that we deserve better comments than what's currently in the Linux
guide.
All we want is parity. I don't think that's too much to ask.
Matt can be reached at:
mdw@sunsite.unc.edu
--
Frustrated with C, C++, Pascal, Fortran? Ada95 _might_ be for you!
For all sorts of interesting Ada95 tidbits, run the command:
"finger dweller@starbase.neosoft.com | more" (or e-mail with "finger" as subj.)
if u cn rd ths, u r gd enuf to chg to Ada :-)
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1995-04-19 0:00 ` What kind of people like Ada? Oliver Kellogg
1995-04-19 0:00 ` David Weller
@ 1995-04-20 0:00 ` Matt Welsh
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Matt Welsh @ 1995-04-20 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article <3n3um2$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
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