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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a24:4913:: with SMTP id z19-v6mr4836587ita.35.1529325231832; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 05:33:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:70c2:: with SMTP id w2-v6mr507226otj.2.1529325231731; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 05:33:51 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.uzoreto.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!d7-v6no4718665itj.0!news-out.google.com!z3-v6ni6147iti.0!nntp.google.com!u78-v6no4694559itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 05:33:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=47.185.195.62; posting-account=zwxLlwoAAAChLBU7oraRzNDnqQYkYbpo NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.185.195.62 References: <5e86db65-84b9-4b5b-9aea-427a658b5ae7@googlegroups.com> <878t7u1cfm.fsf@nightsong.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <6f3817a8-eb71-4644-8912-4c3753a6cb7f@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Ada Successor Language From: "Dan'l Miller" Injection-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 12:33:51 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:53141 Date: 2018-06-18T05:33:51-07:00 List-Id: On Monday, June 18, 2018 at 1:58:13 AM UTC-5, bj=C3=B6rn lundin wrote: > On 2018-06-18 05:31, Dan'l Miller wrote: > > Ada'Succ is an awesome name at some level (e.g., "Ada'Succ" would be un= ique on WWW searches). =20 > > Instead of a play on Ada Lovelace Byron's name et cetera, it is the > 2nd insect regarding Ada when read phonetically: > > Ada tick suck. The mascot could be literally be a tick insect. >=20 > Another pun in the spirit of c++ is tcl's OO framework > called 'incr tcl'. >=20 > i++ in tcl is written as incr i > No-one but tcl:ers know this. It is a bad name. > How many, execpt ada:ers, know the meaning of T'Succ? >=20 > Besides, a tick is a nasty spider related animal, arachnid. Not an > insect. 8-bit bites from a tick would be more appropriate for a computer-programmin= g language than a 6-bit bite from an insect anyway.