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: 103376,278dbaa392fd4ed1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-25 15:09:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-09!supernews.com!router1.news.adelphia.net!rip!c03.atl99!news.webusenet.com!newscene!novia!novia!news.airnews.net!cabal12.airnews.net!usenet From: "John R. Strohm" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Protest against the war on Iraq Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:02:44 -0600 Organization: Airnews.net! at Internet America Message-ID: X-Orig-Message-ID: References: <25919840.0303251441.2c024bc@posting.google.com> Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at airmail.net to report improper postings NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library1-aux.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Time: Tue Mar 25 17:06:46 2003 NNTP-Posting-Host: !Y[dD1k-XSdmF-N (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.ada:35702 Date: 2003-03-25T17:02:44-06:00 List-Id: "Bill Schreckenstein" wrote in message news:25919840.0303251441.2c024bc@posting.google.com... > This ada board is not a proper place for sounding off against a war. > I do agree however that now is not a good time for one. I would like > to think that everyone here no matter what stance they carry support > our men and women overseas who follow their orders and defend our > freedoms. We are very lucky to have them as members of this great > nation. As for the Patriots they did shoot down a friendly so 6 for 6 > isn't a valid statement either. I do however know that many of the > systems you see at work .. from subs to planes to ships have ada > inside .. and as an ada coder you have to appreciate the complexity of > these systems. I can't even begin to describe how much easier a time > I have had writting code in ada and debugging it vs. C++. I hope this > board keeps up the good work ... I have learned a lot from everyone > posting here. OK, so 6 for 6 against missiles, 1 for 1 against unidentified aircraft. This is why combat aircraft carry IFF sets.