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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,35ce1c7836290812 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Mike Silva" Subject: Re: GNAT discussions should be here as well. Date: 1999/03/02 Message-ID: <7bh2f5$9f1$1@its.hooked.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 450400010 References: <7bflkk$78i$1@news.ro.com> <7bgmqm$82v@drn.newsguy.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Organization: Whole Earth Networks News Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-03-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: kvisko@ wrote in message <7bgmqm$82v@drn.newsguy.com>... <...> >In Other language newsgroups, such as C/C++/Java, people all the time >ask questions in reference to using specific compilers such as >VC++, Borland , gcc, etc.. <...> >All public Ada discussions should be done here, on any topic, any one can >simply ignore threads they are not interested in. Why are the Ada people >so up-tight about these things? While on other newsgroups no one makes >any point about these things? Have you looked at comp.lang.c? I think 80% of the messages there must boil down to "It's not ANSI C, ask your question elsewhere". That applies to questions about compilers, libraries, you name it. I think 50% of the messages deal with the dreaded void main( void ) or // comments alone. I find c.l.a. has much more tolerance regarding the range of questions asked (and I agree with your first sentence above). BTW, I'm not bashing C (my primary language), just commenting on what I see in c.l.c. vs. c.l.a. Gee, I don't think I've ever seen anybody here say "It's not ANSI Ada" :) Mike