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=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5882b8e137d950f8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Richard D Riehle Subject: Re: DII COE bars Ada -> Java compilation Date: 2000/04/07 Message-ID: <8cjaqu$380$1@slb6.atl.mindspring.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 607791932 References: <38EB3482.971747E4@lmco.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises X-Server-Date: 7 Apr 2000 00:41:02 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-04-07T00:41:02+00:00 List-Id: The DII policy is actually rather amusing. I doubt anyone there is technically astute enough to invent this policy. Rather, they were probably coached by someone from Sun or Microsoft. I can imagine a scenario where someone from Sun, having discovered an Ada intruder, calls aside one of the managers and warns him/her of the potential for danger from this non-Java compiler. We have certainly seen other efforts to sabotage Ada when using it ran contrary to the economic interests of some company with a competing technology. When Ben & Jerry, the ice cream people were faced with restraint of trade from Pillsbury, they launched a humorous campaign, "What's the Doughboy afraid of?" Of course, the thought that Sun or Microsoft would stoop to this kind of action is probably very unlikely. They are honorable people, as we all know. I guess it was just stupidity at DII. Sighhhhhhhhhh. Richard Riehle richard@adaworks.com