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: 103376,5dadc78d94298b82 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-12 06:41:48 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!news.iac.net!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!warm.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.kvaerner.com!news@kvaerner.com From: "Tarjei T. Jensen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Misconception about Ada? Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:08:17 +0100 Organization: Kvaerner Group IT Message-ID: <968qoj$f22@news.kvaerner.com> References: <3A872501.1186F238@uol.com.br> NNTP-Posting-Host: 155.209.159.12 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2120.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2120.0 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5160 Date: 2001-02-12T15:08:17+01:00 List-Id: Cesar Rabak wrote in message <3A872501.1186F238@uol.com.br>... >Eric Raymon is writting a book on-line and has a particular paragraph >which seems to me execessively perfunctory about Ada. > >Do you think it is worth to discuss this with him? > >http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/taoup/chapter3.html > >The pertaining part is "Why Not C?" It is pretty useless. He probably believe that the verbosity of ada makes it unsuitable. It is a lost cause. Greetings,