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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,341e836a9cb43afc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-09-06 05:10:33 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-east!supernews.com!news-feed.riddles.org.uk!freenix!codeine.org!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail From: Robert Dewar Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Topics of this newsgroup Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 11:56:05 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. Message-ID: <8p5bcg$7fu$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <39B3644E.B8B6040@netcourrier.com> <39B3B014.127A3997@acm.org> <39B3C7B6.140A23E8@telepath.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.240 X-Article-Creation-Date: Wed Sep 06 11:56:05 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (OS/2; I) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x55.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.240 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDrobert_dewar Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:520 Date: 2000-09-06T11:56:05+00:00 List-Id: In article <39B3C7B6.140A23E8@telepath.com>, Ted Dennison wrote: > That's good. I think it is probably eaiser to explain what is *off* topic here. > One thing I'd add is that questions that have to do with only the Gnu Ada > compiler (gnat) will likely draw fire, as there is a fairly active mailing list > that serves this purpose. Other than that, really *anything* that has to do with > Ada is fair game. It is not that questions about GNAT will draw fire (I have not seen that happen). It is just that a lot (maybe the majority) of Ada knowledgable folks have abandoned CLA over the last couple of years, but many of them still participate in the GNAT specific mailing list [although there too, we lose good people occasionally who get tired of junk traffic :-)] So you have a better chance of getting informal GNAT questions answered there. There are no guarantees of course, and the GNAT chat list has its share of unanswered questions and incorrect answers like any informal group or list, but in general I think people get more help there than on CLA for GNAT specific questions. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.