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_50,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!rutgers!mcnc!uvaarpa!vger.nsu.edu!g_harrison From: g_harrison@vger.nsu.edu (George C. Harrison, Norfolk State University) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Socioeconomics, Ada, C++ Message-ID: <997.2836b9ac@vger.nsu.edu> Date: 19 May 91 21:45:16 GMT References: <1991May19.180238.12129@netcom.COM> List-Id: In article <1991May19.180238.12129@netcom.COM>, jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter) writes: >>I hate to have to point out anything so obvious... Perhaps in >>automobiles, and various other areas of life Europe is other than >>small-time, but computer science..... I'm afraid you've hit the nail >>straight on the head. Think of it this way: European "computer >>science" gave us Ada. Enough said. . .and Pascal, Modula-2, and Oberon. The 'ol USofA gave use FORTRAN, BASICK, COBOLT, and C. > > I had already established in a previous posting that Ted Holden > is a staggeringly ignorant person, but now it turns out he is also > an ethnocentric xenophobe as well. Enough said. > -- Jim, maybe Ted's pulling our leg. That really is the only acceptable answer. After all he know how to type. > **************** JIM SHOWALTER, jls@netcom.com, (408) 243-0630 ***************** > * Proven solutions to software problems. Consulting and training in all aspects* > * of software development. Management/process/methodology. Architecture/design/* > * reuse. Quality/productivity. Risk reduction. EFFECTIVE OO techniques. Ada. * George C. Harrison, Professor of Computer Science Norfolk State University, 2401 Corprew Avenue, Norfolk VA 23504 Internet: g_harrison@vger.nsu.edu Phone: 804-683-8654