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 X-Google-Thread: 103376,103b407e8b68350b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-02 12:37:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!internal-news-hub.cableinet.net!news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.1.2418 Subject: Re: Anybody in US using ADA ? One silly idea.. From: Bill Findlay Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: References: <3E147D79.2070703@cogeco.ca> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 20:36:45 +0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.195.52.70 X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk X-Trace: news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk 1041539819 80.195.52.70 (Thu, 02 Jan 2003 20:36:59 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 20:36:59 GMT Organization: blueyonder (post doesn't reflect views of blueyonder) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32459 Date: 2003-01-02T20:36:45+00:00 List-Id: On 2/1/03 17:57, in article 3E147D79.2070703@cogeco.ca, "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" wrote: > > Maybe what needs to be done is to form a brand new committee, to design > a spashy new language that basically implements the same features, with > similar syntax (but not too obviously). Then give it a splashy new name > after a popular young female (no programmer experience required), and > call it something like "Shania". In a language controversy on comp.arch a few weeks ago, some of us came to the conclusion that a lot of the irrational antipathy to Ada was based on unregenerate machismo. Real Programmers � don't want to hear about "software safety" (obviously a namby-pamby concern) and they certainly don't want their code criticized by Ada (a mere slip of girl). I suggested that we Ada proponents should talk instead about "aggressive bug destruction" and that the 0Y committee should look at changing the name to something that exudes testosterone. My first idea was "Rocky", but "Brutus" attracted more support. -- Bill-Findlay chez blue-yonder.co.uk ("-" => "")