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From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: Calculating SQRT in ADA
Date: 1999/03/25
Date: 1999-03-25T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7dbv4k$4r1$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 36F913E0.75F51763@lmco.com

In article <36F913E0.75F51763@lmco.com>,
  howard.w.ludwig@lmco.com wrote:
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> We need to be a little more careful in addressing
> questions of new people.
> The answer Chris gave _assumes_ Ada 95.  Many people, for
> whatever reason,
> still use Ada 83.  It is clear from another post by the
> original poster that
> Ada 83 is needed.  A more appropriate, complete answer is
> something like the
> following:

I disagree, it is generally confusing to talk about
obsolete languages unless necessary. If people ask about
Ada, it is reasonable to assume they mean Ada 95. If people
really want to ask about Ada 83 (or Ada 80, or whatever),
then they need to qualify the questions appropriately.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~1999-03-25  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-03-24  0:00 Calculating SQRT in ADA cmcrae
1999-03-23  0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1999-03-24  0:00   ` Marin David Condic
     [not found]   ` <36F913E0.75F51763@lmco.com>
1999-03-24  0:00     ` John Herro
1999-03-24  0:00       ` Hans Marqvardsen
     [not found]         ` <36FAA3DF.42C31CF@lmco.com>
1999-03-26  0:00           ` Tom Moran
1999-03-25  0:00       ` robert_dewar
1999-03-25  0:00       ` robert_dewar
1999-03-25  0:00         ` John Herro
1999-03-24  0:00           ` Hans Marqvardsen
1999-03-25  0:00             ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-03-25  0:00           ` robert_dewar
1999-03-25  0:00             ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-03-26  0:00               ` Howard W. LUDWIG
1999-03-26  0:00             ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
1999-03-27  0:00               ` robert_dewar
1999-03-29  0:00                 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-03-30  0:00                   ` robert_dewar
1999-04-02  0:00                     ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-03-30  0:00                   ` robert_dewar
1999-04-02  0:00                     ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-04-03  0:00                       ` robert_dewar
1999-03-25  0:00           ` robert_dewar
1999-03-26  0:00             ` Calculating SQRT in Ada John Herro
1999-03-26  0:00               ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-03-26  0:00                 ` John Herro
1999-03-24  0:00     ` Ada 83 - Sometimes still chosen Richard D Riehle
1999-03-25  0:00       ` robert_dewar
1999-03-25  0:00         ` Richard D Riehle
1999-03-25  0:00           ` Marin David Condic
1999-03-26  0:00           ` robert_dewar
1999-03-25  0:00       ` robert_dewar
1999-03-25  0:00         ` Richard D Riehle
1999-03-25  0:00           ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-26  0:00           ` robert_dewar
1999-03-26  0:00             ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-03-27  0:00               ` robert_dewar
1999-03-27  0:00                 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-03-26  0:00             ` Richard D Riehle
1999-03-26  0:00               ` Tom Moran
1999-03-26  0:00                 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-29  0:00                 ` Marin David Condic
1999-03-29  0:00                   ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-03-27  0:00               ` Matthew Heaney
1999-03-26  0:00             ` Tom Moran
1999-03-25  0:00     ` robert_dewar [this message]
1999-03-24  0:00       ` Calculating SQRT in ADA Howard W. LUDWIG
1999-03-25  0:00         ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-24  0:00 ` bob
1999-03-24  0:00   ` Niklas Holsti
1999-03-26  0:00     ` als0045
1999-03-26  0:00       ` als0045
1999-03-26  0:00     ` bob
1999-03-26  0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-03-26  0:00   ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
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