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 10:52:05 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!hermes.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!codeine.org!oleane.net!oleane!nnrp.oleane.net!not-for-mail From: "Thierry Lelegard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Misconception about Ada? Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:49:09 +0100 Organization: Guest of France Telecom Oleane's newsreading service Message-ID: <969b33$j2k$1@s1.read.news.oleane.net> References: <3A872501.1186F238@uol.com.br> <3A88224D.E58EDB32@ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host226.canal-plus.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: s1.read.news.oleane.net 982003619 19540 194.2.208.226 (12 Feb 2001 18:47:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@oleane.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 18:46:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5186 Date: 2001-02-12T19:49:09+01:00 List-Id: > We have to accept that there are some authors who produce serious works > and others whose contributions are, at best, lightweight. It seems Mr. > Raymon is not an authors to take seriously, particularly when he makes > pronouncements about programming languages. Whether or not his pronouncements about programming languages are serious, Eric Raymond is a respected guru in the GNU / Open Source / Free Software community, like Richard Stallman and others. This community has a substantial influence on the modern computer culture. Negative opinions on Ada from this community may not kill the language but it will not help anyway. So, if Eric Raymond makes wrong statements about Ada, it is clearly worth trying to make him change his mind. But this initiative should come from another respected guru. ____________________________________________________________________________ Thierry Lelegard, "The Jazzing Troll", Email: thierry.lelegard@canal-plus.fr CANAL+ Technologies, 34 place Raoul Dautry, 75516 Paris Cedex 15, France Tel: +33 1 71 71 54 30 Fax: +33 1 71 71 52 08 Mobile: +33 6 03 00 65 75 ____________________________________________________________________________