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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-31 07:51:53 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> <9k3l9r$10i2$1@pa.aaanet.ru> <3B656345.64AB603A@sneakemail.com> <9k3oa1$2qg8$1@pa.aaanet.ru> <3B657715.7EC592D9@sneakemail.com> <28d8936a.0107300951.5ae5cce@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language Message-ID: <5Cz97.12593$ar1.38916@www.newsranger.com> X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:51:45 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:51:45 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10866 Date: 2001-07-31T14:51:45+00:00 List-Id: In article <28d8936a.0107300951.5ae5cce@posting.google.com>, file13 says... >finally, i think that we need to play up Ada's "bondage and >discipline" reputation and start dressing Lovelace up in fetish gear >if we want to draw a lot of people to Ada..... ;) :-) An intersting idea...but I suspect the countess' heirs would grow to regret the decision to allow the language to be named after her, were we to seriously persue this course. :-) --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com