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=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DATE_IN_PAST_24_48 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,81ce86b4123a47d3,start X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.180.105.38 with SMTP id gj6mr627855wib.0.1345237789005; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:09:49 -0700 (PDT) Path: q11ni181662179wiw.1!nntp.google.com!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feeder3.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!85.12.40.138.MISMATCH!xlned.com!feeder5.xlned.com!feed.xsnews.nl!border-1.ams.xsnews.nl!plix.pl!newsfeed2.plix.pl!wsisiz.edu.pl!newsfeed2.atman.pl!newsfeed.atman.pl!newsfeed.icp.pl!news.icpnet.pl!newsfeed.pionier.net.pl!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bill Findlay Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: AN original designer of Ada speaks Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:29:22 +0100 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: individual.net 9bvbngpcBDFMuu9ZSI3gVQt5K3sZQemkFSRzrgd/SfszzA5IOjDhH6z86jacgtU2FS Cancel-Lock: sha1:N+setgpYL5Ac5RpkBxmOBkr02kc= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.33.0.120411 Thread-Topic: AN original designer of Ada speaks Thread-Index: Ac17LQkZiRanf8rYd0ieh4cXGgUktQ== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: 2012-08-15T22:29:22+01:00 List-Id: ... on comp.arch, in the thread "Re: Have the Itanium critics all been proven wrong?" Ivan Godard criticizes his work (on Green, I presume) and compares Ada's type system unfavourably with Algol 68. I have been defending the Lady's honour. 8-) -- Bill Findlay with blueyonder.co.uk; use surname & forename;