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 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.flashnewsgroups.com-b7.4zTQh5tI3A!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Emacs Ada mode vs Ada 2012 syntax References: <85r4qnweue.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <87iparu3sz.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> <85zk42r68r.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <85bogcjq10.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <85y5jeetnj.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <851ugoch4a.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <87a9psy2kk.fsf@atmarama.net> <87r4j4djwx.fsf@atmarama.net> <857gktkiu9.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <515adb27$8$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> <85eheqn2bv.fsf@stephe-leake.org> Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:35:16 -0400 Message-ID: <854nfll6ij.fsf@stephe-leake.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:I7S6mTEMSO+MR4H5XOVFzSVytVM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Complaints-To: abuse@flashnewsgroups.com Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com X-Trace: efc08515e8cc5ede7d80130513 X-Received-Bytes: 2322 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:14865 Date: 2013-04-05T04:35:16-04:00 List-Id: Simon Wright writes: > Stephen Leake writes: > >> What features of net news are not replaced by mailing lists? > > The ability to come in after a conversation has finished and review > it. That's what archives are for. >None of the (free) mailing list archives I've seen comes close to > News in general usability. Why? What specifically is missing from a Mailman archive? The only news archive I know about is Google. That keeps changing its interface, but it seems comparable to the web interface to a Mailman archive to me. > I experienced one project where the team embraced a local news service, > with great success, and another larger one where they had senior people > who were unable to cope with News. To be fair, I don't think they could > have coped with a mailing list either; just endless branching chains of > top-quoted waffling mail, coupled with inability to use ReplyAll. So this anecdote is not about news vs email, but about computer-literate vs not. -- -- Stephe