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=1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ca0b11ae1c9a00cb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Nick Roberts" Subject: Re: Papers saying Ada as an overly complex language and hard to implement Date: 1998/02/25 Message-ID: <6d02p2$r12$3@plug.news.pipex.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 328382390 References: <34E7B551.115C289F@cs.utexas.edu> <34E8AA02.7ED447E0@cs.utexas.edu> <34E91572.CE9CEED2@cs.utexas.edu> <34EB634F.2EDF9B80@cs.utexas.edu> <6cftm9$1p9@saturn.brighton.ac.uk> <01bd3fc8$13722a20$0f02000a@luisespi> <6cqqon$p97$1@plug.news.pipex.net> <34F28B28.6C70707@ehpt.com> <1998Feb24.113944.1@eisner> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Organization: UUNet UK server (post doesn't reflect views of UUNet UK) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-02-25T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote in message <1998Feb24.113944.1@eisner>... >In article <34F28B28.6C70707@ehpt.com>, Jonas Nygren writes: > >> I read in the news that one guy had been rewarded for coming up >> with a proof for Fermat's theorem. He claimed that only the 100 >> top mathematicians in the world would be capable of understanding >> his proof. > >Perhaps someone could explain to those of us who are less inclined >toward math how the number who understand comes out to an even hundred :-). The figure is exactly 100. Of course, I have a wonderful proof for this, but, unfortunately, only the world's top 10 mathematicians would be able to understand it! :-) ------------ Nick Roberts ---------- Croydon, UK