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=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,da46977c58c329df X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-31 08:41:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada's Slide To Oblivion ... Date: 31 Jan 2002 10:41:01 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: <5IREuLeWm+kz@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: <3C597046.DDA2FA6B@adaworks.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1012495264 11572 192.135.80.34 (31 Jan 2002 16:41:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 16:41:04 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19426 Date: 2002-01-31T10:41:01-06:00 List-Id: In article <3C597046.DDA2FA6B@adaworks.com>, Richard Riehle writes: > In response to Richard Riehle's note that he had a letter to > the editor being published in this Sunday's San Jose Mercury > News in which he mentions Ada, > > Eric Merritt wrote: > >> for those of us who do not live in san jose can you >> post the content? > > I can post the content after the SJM Sunday edition is printed. > There are two reasons to wait for that event. > 1) SJM would prefer it to be a newsworthy editorial > 2) Newspapers have a way of altering ever so slightly > the original letter, and I would rather post what they > finally publish rather than what I actually sent. I don't know about the editorial page, but my wife regularly reads the San Jose Mercury news stories on the web (from Massachusetts). If there is a URL please post that also, as they might appreciate the "hits" from all over the world.