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,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!usenetcore.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!feed.xsnews.nl!border-2.ams.xsnews.nl!feeder.news-service.com!xlned.com!feeder1.xlned.com!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!209.197.12.242.MISMATCH!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!209.197.12.246.MISMATCH!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!216.196.98.148.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.posted.lerostechnologies!news.posted.lerostechnologies.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:22:32 -0500 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.pl1 From: Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:23:33 -0400 Subject: Re: Why is Ada considered "too specialized" for scientific use References: <4bb9c72c$0$6990$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <4bba8bf1$0$56418$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4bbb2246$8$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> <4bbb5386$0$56422$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4bbdf5c6$1$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> <4c0a2e36$0$34205$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4c0b234f$1$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> <4c0cc11c$0$56569$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4c0d0278$0$56572$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4c0e1800$9$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> <4c0f9e06$0$56575$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> Mail-Copies-To: nobody Organization: Atid/2 X-CompuServe-Customer: Yes X-Coriate: interspeed.co.nz X-Ecrate: tanandtanlawyers.com X-Pose: George Cox X-Punge: Micro$oft X-Sanguinate: The MVS Guy X-Terminate: SPA(GIS) X-Tinguish: Mark Griffith X-Treme: C&C,DWS X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black Message-ID: <4c0fa3e5$2$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> X-Newsreader: MR/2 Internet Cruiser Edition for OS/2 v3.00.11.18 BETA/60 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.103.155.81 X-Trace: sv3-l9BWDiCUxrHCPjcfJbdx6rQA3/7+GgkeeYwgAVHbIqdG9hm4EVZv2ftmVDw8ux11a25I2cC8ejo6uCN!740z3+RolbGsuPFCQinQlZW7EQRzFjSEj9FLYmL126iBFi6kRtuT3eyVCUlkj0PKdgmZdQiYNzpb!uG6BrAxEuNfUUiwDljoO6S/WpTpXsWyM6g== X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3217 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11526 comp.lang.fortran:24271 comp.lang.pl1:1456 Date: 2010-06-09T10:23:33-04:00 List-Id: In <4c0f9e06$0$56575$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net>, on 06/09/2010 at 11:58 PM, "robin" said: >John Kennedy said that :- >"Delay-lines were still used until the early 1970s as the memory of >the "IBM 2260, which was the precursor to the 3270. He didn't say that they used Mercury tanks for the delay lines, and neither the PB-250 nor the IBM 2260[1] did. [1] Actually, the memory was on control unit to which the 2260 displays were attached, as I recall. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT Unsolicited bulk E-mail subject to legal action. I reserve the right to publicly post or ridicule any abusive E-mail. Reply to domain Patriot dot net user shmuel+news to contact me. Do not reply to spamtrap@library.lspace.org