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From: Bob Mathis <73313.2671@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject: Re: Two ideas for the next Ada Standard
Date: 1996/09/04
Date: 1996-09-04T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <960905032808_73313.2671_FHM80-1@CompuServe.COM> (raw)


Bob Duff, in talking about Robert Dewar, said,

>I suspect he has two keyboards on his desk, and fixes bugs in GNAT with
>his right hand, while simultaneously posting to comp.lang.ada with his
>left hand.

A year ago Robert and I were in Frankfurt, Germany, and I was showing off my new
ThinkPad and how Compuserve connected to the Web. Robert asked if he could
Telnet to his home computer to read his mail. That was easy. Then he asked if he
might stay while the rest of us went back to a conference session. A couple of
hours later I went back to check on him and found him actually doing what Bob
Duff guessed about. Robert had my computer doing e-mail and his own ThinkPad
next to it doing a recompilation of some part of GNAT.

-- Bob Mathis




             reply	other threads:[~1996-09-04  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 96+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-09-04  0:00 Bob Mathis [this message]
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1996-09-06  0:00 Two ideas for the next Ada Standard Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-09-04  0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-09-06  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-08-31  0:00 dulman
1996-09-01  0:00 ` Two " Robert Dewar
1996-09-03  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-04  0:00     ` Joel VanLaven
1996-09-04  0:00     ` David Weller
1996-09-03  0:00   ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-03  0:00   ` Jonas Nygren
1996-09-03  0:00     ` Peter Hermann
1996-09-04  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-04  0:00         ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-03  0:00     ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-09-03  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-03  0:00         ` Dale Stanbrough
1996-09-04  0:00           ` Two " Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-09-03  0:00         ` Adam Beneschan
1996-09-04  0:00         ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-09-05  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-06  0:00             ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-09-05  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-06  0:00             ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-09-06  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-10  0:00                 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-09-10  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-10  0:00                   ` Mark A Biggar
1996-09-06  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-04  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-03  0:00       ` Jonas Nygren
1996-09-03  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-04  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-04  0:00         ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-09-10  0:00       ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-09-04  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-04  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-04  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-05  0:00     ` Mark A Biggar
1996-09-05  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-04  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-04  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-04  0:00   ` Jonas Nygren
1996-09-06  0:00     ` Tucker Taft
1996-09-08  0:00     ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-08  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-09  0:00         ` John G. Volan
1996-09-09  0:00     ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-05  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-09-06  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-07  0:00   ` Jonas Nygren
1996-09-08  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-08  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-08  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-01  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-05  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-06  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-06  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-10  0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-09-10  0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu
1996-09-11  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-08-28  0:00 Two ideas for the next Ada standard Van Snyder
1996-08-29  0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1996-08-30  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
1996-08-30  0:00     ` Adam Beneschan
1996-08-31  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1996-08-31  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-04  0:00           ` Dennison
1996-09-05  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-05  0:00               ` Dennison
1996-09-06  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-07  0:00                   ` Dennison
1996-09-07  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-06  0:00           ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-09-06  0:00             ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-06  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-09  0:00               ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-09-06  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-07  0:00             ` Keith Thompson
1996-09-12  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-02  0:00         ` Geert Bosch
1996-09-02  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1996-08-30  0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1996-08-30  0:00   ` Michael F Brenner
1996-08-30  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-08-30  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-31  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-08-31  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-01  0:00             ` Robert A Duff
1996-08-31  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-01  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-09-02  0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
1996-09-02  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-03  0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
1996-09-03  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-04  0:00     ` Adam Beneschan
1996-09-03  0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
1996-09-03  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
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