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From: dennison@telepath.com
Subject: Re: A Modest Defense of ACT (though they are big boys and can take
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Date: 1999/02/22
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In article <m3iucv2gmv.fsf@mheaney.ni.net>,
  Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org> wrote:
> dewar@gnat.com writes:
>
> > Indeed, despite the occasional frustration over junk in
> > CLA, this newsgroup is in fact in FAR better shape than
> > many of the other comp.lang groups, a tribute to the good
> > taste of Ada programmers and enthusiasts! It is also nice
> > to see, with rare exceptions, that we very rarely get
> > completely Ada-irrelevant posts, so the signal-to-noise
> > ratio stays high. Indeed even the extensive C++ vs Ada vs
> > .. language "war" thread recently remained remarkably
> > productive, especially with respect to contributions from
> > CLA participants
>
> I'll second this emotion.  I read CLA every day, and always look forward
> to posts from Robert Dewar, Bob Eachus, Bob Duff, and Tucker Taft, from
> whom I learned much about the finer points of Ada95, language design,
> and programming in general.

I'll have to third that. Even the flamewars are enlightening. I'm sure Nick
would agree too. :-)

T.E.D.

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