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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, SUBJECT_NEEDS_ENCODING,SUBJ_ILLEGAL_CHARS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107e1d,c724b6870c226707 X-Google-Attributes: gid107e1d,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,c724b6870c226707 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Subject: Re: fr.comp.lang.ada, pour discuter en fran�ais du langage Ada Date: 1997/01/26 Message-ID: <5cg4c6$h7c@felix.seas.gwu.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 212361861 references: <32E48C50.59E2@Rational.COM> <5c54p8$oov@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us> <5cemf3$8v2@felix.seas.gwu.edu> organization: George Washington University newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,fr.comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-01-26T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , Robert Dewar wrote: >Mike says [snip] >You might as well argue that there should be only one giant newsgroup >in the world, and that those wanting information on Ada can simply delete >messages more suitable to alt.startrek.sex.fetish. Not so. The groups are organized by interest, not by natural language. [snip] > Mike, you can subscribe to the English, French and Dutch >newsgroups, but it seems like it would be a complete waste of time >for you to see messages in Japanese, so you simply do not select this >group. I disagree. I'd much prefer to see those messages here. [snip] >But for now, separate newsgroups is what makes sense. I realize that >current trendy political correctness leads in the direction of thinking >that it is frightfully liberal and tolerant to welcome mixed languages >on newsgroups, but from a pragmatic sense it is simply silly. You and I will simply have to agree to disagree here. You may think it's silly; I don't. It's got nothing to do with PC; I am as much entitled to state my preferences, Robert, as you are yours. I prefer to see one big, happy Ada family, not a bunch of little natural-language-centric fragments. >For those who like to see messages in foreign languages, simply subscribe >to all the groups in sight! Mike did you subscribe to the French Ada >group? If not, why not? Because I'd prefer to see the Ada community - which is small enough, heaven knows, getting together in one place. I'd much rather see the messages here. It's easy enough to delete a message whose subject line is in a language you don't (wish to try to) understand. There's plenty of noise on this group generated by English writers. Once we have an agreeably high S/N ratio (we do not now, IMHO), we can worry about the odd post that (gasp) arrives in another language. This is my last word on this subject. As far as I am concerned, posts are welcome in any language as long as they are on the subject of _Ada_. Robert is, of course, welcome to disagreee. That's the nice part of the Net newsgroups. They are everybody's, and nobody's, property. Mike Feldman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael B. Feldman - chair, SIGAda Education Working Group Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The George Washington University - Washington, DC 20052 USA 202-994-5919 (voice) - 202-994-0227 (fax) http://www.seas.gwu.edu/faculty/mfeldman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pork is all that money the government gives the other guys. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ada on the WWW: www.acm.org/sigada/education or www.adahome.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------