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From: "Pat Rogers" <progers@NOclasswideSPAM.com>
Subject: Re: Question for the folks who designed Ada95
Date: 1999/04/29
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<dennison@telepath.com> wrote in message
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> In article <7g9kef$aco$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
>   Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
> > In article <925355990.675.30@news.remarQ.com>,
> >   "Pat Rogers" <progers@NOclasswideSPAM.com> wrote:
> > > The ability to argue both sides is certainly one of your
> > > signature characteristics!  :-)
> > >
> > > (Said as a compliment.)
> >
> > Thank you, I take it as a compliment :-)
> >
> > Once John Goodenough and I were planning a debate at a
> > SigAda meeting, where the topic would be announced in
> > advance, but we would decide by a flip of a coin at the
> > start of the session who would take which side, but we
> > did not get around to following through. A pity, would
> > have been fun :-)
>
> Frankly, I'm not sure anyone else would have noticed the difference.
:-)

Sometimes it would be noticeable.  I have it on good authority that
Robert was once told by Christine Anderson, prior to a meeting in which
they were to convince some group of people that Ada 9X was a "good
thing", words to the effect that "once we get them convinced don't
switch sides!!".

:-)