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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,841c691ce18d157d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-03 10:49:36 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!193.174.75.178!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-koe1.dfn.de!news-han1.dfn.de!news.fh-hannover.de!news.cid.net!news.enyo.de!news1.enyo.de!not-for-mail From: Florian Weimer Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: discussion group: Ada use in Internet technologies Date: 03 Feb 2001 19:23:54 +0100 Organization: Enyo's not your organization Message-ID: <87ae83tykl.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4915 Date: 2001-02-03T19:23:54+01:00 List-Id: "Terry Westley" writes: > Responses to my question as to whether there is any interest in a separate > forum for JVM target indicates that there is, but that the topic should > be broadened to include other Internet technologies than just compiling > Ada for the JVM. Is compiling Ada for the JVM an Internet technology? I think not, a lot Java stuff nowadays is only remotely Internet-related. > 1) Do you prefer to: > a) Keep the discussions here in comp.lang.ada so as not to dilute this > newsgroup Acceptable. You could use subject tags like '[JVM]' to mark such discussions. > b) Create a separate forum (my choice would be Yahoo Groups) Not acceptable, eGroups/Yahoo Groups suck because of their banner ads. > d) other? Perhaps you could ask someone to host the list who does not insert banners at random places? > 2) What topics do you think are appropriate for this group? The Ada/Internet group? Ada implementations of Internet protocols (mostly application layer, such as SMTP, HTTP, NNTP, DNS), Ada network interface libraries (e.g. BSD sockets).