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-Thread: 103376,a8f3d1e506b839fc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!news4.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!nntp1.phx1.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp4.phx1!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsstorage1.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsstorage1.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:31:05 +1100 From: Zoe Brain User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: FW: How come Ada isn't more popular? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <45ed6ce7$0$31057$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.173.2.7 X-Trace: 1173187815 per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au 31057 203.173.2.7 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:9721 Date: 2007-03-07T00:31:05+11:00 List-Id: Markus E Leypold wrote: >> That's fair, but I disagree. (Perhaps it's just my advancing years -- >> although it is weird to think of oneself as old at 48, considering I work >> with much older people on the ARG -- it's still old in computer years. I >> started out on a 4MHZ Z80 with 48K (not M!) of memory, and that will always >> color my impressions.) At a guess... an Exidy Sorcerer? I'm of similar vintage you see. Though the first code I wrote was to "help" my Father, in 1966. Some FORTRAN II. Finally getting around to doing a doctorate after 26 years in the Industry. Zoe