From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 18 Aug 93 17:49:04 GMT From: att-out!cbnewsl!willett@rutgers.edu (david.c.willett) Subject: Re: Free Hawaii trip if you buy my Ada products Message-ID: List-Id: >>From article , by emery@goldfinger.m itre.org (David Emery): > Here's a question: Will the absence of C compiler vendors at Tri-Ada > be evidence of the failure of C? > dave You forgot a few -- Cobol Fortran SQL Forth etc. :^} More seriously, I think Greg's wrath is directed at the Ada vendor community for not evangulizing the language beyond its "birth" at DoD. I think some annoyance is justified. I also feel Greg takes matters a bit far in that he sees "doom for Ada" around every turn (under every rock?...). Sure, opinions about Ada vary. An "old-timer" I once worked with had a good line about opinions, he used to say "Opinions are like a**holes, everybody's got one, and thinks only the other guy's stinks!" I often think of that saying when reading the "political" material I find in this newsgroup. It helps me keep perspective. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dave Willett AT&T Federal Systems Advanced Technologies The biggest mistake you can make is to think that you work for someone else.