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=2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, INVALID_MSGID,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,abb2991036123c11,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: bscrawford@aol.com (BSCrawford) Subject: Ada, the Magic Language Date: 1996/10/21 Message-ID: <54g7f8$cap@newsbf02.news.aol.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 190981784 sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) reply-to: bscrawford@aol.com (BSCrawford) newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-10-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: I hereby donate the following draft lyrics to Team Ada, the ARA, SIGAda and anyone else who wants to use them to promote our favorite language. The title is "Ada, the Magic Language" -- to be sung to the tune of "Puff, the Magic Dragon" -- the tune goes up high at the end of each odd numbered pair of lines, lower at the end of even numbered pairs. -------------------------------------------------- Ada, the Magic Language by the Bard of Ada 95 Ada, the magic language, combines the best of C, And C++, and Pascal, with FLEXIBILITY. (1) With compile and runtime checking, and built-in concurrency, You can make distributed systems, with RELIABILITY. (2) With legacy code in Fortran, COBOL and C You can reuse many assets, MULTI-LINGUALLY. (3) You can generate Java applets automatically, Sending products to the web, PLATFORM-INDEPENDENTLY. (4) With object-orientation and composibility, You can package library systems, HIERARCHICLY. (5) With nicely packaged structures, and portability, Ada's great to teach and learn, with READABILITY. (6) -------------------------------------------------------------- Next year, I plan to produce a "glitzy" version of HOT_Ada, with sound clips, etc. I plan to have my daughter, Jenny, sing this while accompanying herself on the guitar. Suggested additions and improvements will be gratefully accepted. Bard Crawford Stage Harbor Software bscrawford@aol.com http://members.aol.com/HOTAda/