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=2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fe0ba9c989d41f19 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Mike Paley Subject: Re: ADA is the most worthless language Date: 1997/01/02 Message-ID: <773785382wnr@paley.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 207305595 references: <58f5jj$1o7@news.fsu.edu> <58j1lp$r0s@cymbal.aix.calpoly.edu> <32C568EA.7B8@earthlink.net> <5a77j5$3nh@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> x-mail2news-user: mike@paley.demon.co.uk x-mail2news-path: relay-7.mail.demon.net!relay-5.mail.demon.net!paley.demon.co.uk x-broken-date: Thursday, Jan 02, 1997 17.33.51 organization: Not organised yet reply-to: mike@paley.demon.co.uk newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-01-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article: <5a77j5$3nh@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> gvrooman@ix.netcom.com(Gerald M Vrooman) writes: :) I once worked for a :) large aerospace company where they implemented typing so strict that :) the real engineers were not allowed to divide pounds by square inches. :) It made it a little difficult to compute psi. A good unit for measuring the cost of office floor space . Ada, worthless - is that why it's free ? - And that could be why universities use it ! -- Comm again, Mike. If I have offended anyone, please accept my apologies. To prevent this re-occurring, next time you read one of my posts, wear a blindfold. Ex Turnpike user. If you want to see the rest of this sig. file or find out more about me, have a look at http://www.paley.demon.co.uk/ [1996:11:30]