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: fdb77,5f529c91be2ac930 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 11232c,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-30 07:29:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.ems.psu.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.airnews.net!cabal12.airnews.net!usenet From: "John R. Strohm" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada,misc.misc Subject: Re: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died (was): 64 bit addressing and OOP Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:21:17 -0500 Organization: Airnews.net! at Internet America Message-ID: <98BC68183770643E.43B22CFE5F4D5EFD.5566989BE627964B@lp.airnews.net> X-Orig-Message-ID: References: <9fa75d42.0304300412.3c9f8157@posting.google.com> X-A-Notice: References line has been trimmed due to 512 byte limitation Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at airmail.net to report improper postings NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library2.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Time: Wed Apr 30 09:28:21 2003 NNTP-Posting-Host: !Z)\!1k-X4f30:+ (Encoded at Airnews!) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.java.advocacy:62933 comp.object:62356 comp.lang.ada:36766 misc.misc:13819 Date: 2003-04-30T09:21:17-05:00 List-Id: "soft-eng" wrote in message news:9fa75d42.0304300412.3c9f8157@posting.google.com... > Richard Riehle wrote in message news:<3EAF3464.9E06145F@adaworks.com>... > > > > Sorry you had such bad Ada training. There was a lot of that > > going around at one time, perpetrated by people who simply > > failed to understand some elementary ideas and made them > > more complicated than necessary. > > Do you really think my views on Ada are a result of > bad training? > > I suppose that is a very fair representation of the > analysis and insight capabilities of those who > choose to espouse the cause you are championing here... Why don't you *tell* us where your views on Ada come from? So far, you have said a great deal that suggests that you have NO actual experience with Ada.