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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,485ea727233a52ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93" Subject: Re: Will Boeing Use Ada To Build $9 Bln Network For Teledesic? Date: 1997/05/06 Message-ID: <97050612544495@psavax.pwfl.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 239785773 Sender: Ada programming language Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU X-Vms-To: SMTP%"INFO-ADA@VM1.NODAK.EDU" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Vms-Cc: CONDIC Date: 1997-05-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: >Mark & Zurima McKinney >Robert Munck wrote: >> Come on! Everybody knows that the source code is compiled into >> binary object code, and that the important thing is to maximize the >> number of 0's because they weight much less than 1's. >> >No MAybe they're going to use some interpreted 4gl thingy :-) > But consider the fact that while the zeros are of lower mass, the ones can be packed much closer together because they take up less space. Hence you can put more of them into a smaller memory chip, thus saving all the weight of packaging. MDC Marin David Condic, Senior Computer Engineer ATT: 561.796.8997 Pratt & Whitney, GESP Fax: 561.796.4669 West Palm Beach, FL Internet: CONDICMA@PWFL.COM =============================================================================== "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it." -- Steven Wright ===============================================================================