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!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul Rubin Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada e-books Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 09:03:45 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: <87a8q2ggem.fsf@nightsong.com> References: <8ec278d8-e97e-47e7-b09b-1e89f08411f3@googlegroups.com> <876110cjrt.fsf@nightsong.com> <2a413f76-f141-48fa-b6b8-76e95d768c13@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="560a36ee31cc4bcf69e115b311f0cc5c"; logging-data="23847"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/b3F6ku0vjL4qm294spN5O" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:t6qH+fbaZbTB9gv3vo2OBD/gZj4= sha1:i7e/MjdbIGY/7WB5aH5fsrzzLs4= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:28540 Date: 2015-11-25T09:03:45-08:00 List-Id: Simon Wright writes: >> The Rosen trick > Randy suggested "technique"; I'd like to suggest "device". A technique is a trick that works twice.