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: 107f24,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-12 10:49:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!194.213.69.151!news.algonet.se!newsfeed1.telenordia.se!algonet!newsfeed1.funet.fi!newsfeed2.funet.fi!newsfeeds.funet.fi!news.helsinki.fi!not-for-mail From: Joona I Palaste Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.functional Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of service attack. Date: 12 Aug 2001 17:38:45 GMT Organization: University of Helsinki Message-ID: <9l6ev5$lv3$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi> References: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> <87n15lxzzv.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <3B672322.B5EA1B66@home.com> <4a885870.0108112341.7ce02ac0@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sirppi.helsinki.fi X-Trace: oravannahka.helsinki.fi 997637925 22499 128.214.205.27 (12 Aug 2001 17:38:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.helsinki.fi NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Aug 2001 17:38:45 GMT User-Agent: tin/1.4.2-20000205 ("Possession") (UNIX) (OSF1/V4.0 (alpha)) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11819 comp.lang.c:73773 comp.lang.c++:81933 comp.lang.functional:7491 Date: 2001-08-12T17:38:45+00:00 List-Id: Will scribbled the following on comp.lang.c: > theory: Ada could have rule the world as a superior language > Fact: it did not > theory: you could have write a better OS than NT, Linux, SunOS with Ada > Fact: there is *NO* Ada OS > Why dont you Ada lovers go burn your NT, Linux, Sun OS box, because > theses OS are written in C. > See if you are left with an OS to write your Ada application. > Die, Ada, Die. Well, before Dennis Ritchie got his hands on the PDP-7 (PDP-9) computer over at Bell Labs, there was no C OS either. That didn't stop him from writing C. Why can't the same be applied to Ada? -- /-- Joona Palaste (palaste@cc.helsinki.fi) ---------------------------\ | Kingpriest of "The Flying Lemon Tree" G++ FR FW+ M- #108 D+ ADA N+++| | http://www.helsinki.fi/~palaste W++ B OP+ | \----------------------------------------- Finland rules! ------------/ "No, Maggie, not Aztec, Olmec! Ol-mec!" - Lisa Simpson