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-Thread: 103376,78e482034cf71a6e X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.66.78.40 with SMTP id y8mr2325489paw.2.1350235460857; Sun, 14 Oct 2012 10:24:20 -0700 (PDT) Path: jt13ni10605pbb.1!nntp.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news.nosignal.org!cs.uu.nl!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.musoftware.de!wum.musoftware.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bill Findlay Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Promoting Ada via facebook/google+ .... Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 18:24:23 +0100 Message-ID: References: <397057cf-1aa5-4dbb-820a-79d8aeee4134@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: individual.net g3sClCAocOajvuZmax19IAZmLLlIep7/Dfi9qTjQPhdD8EJOTjG1Y9FuRt0g1av6mO Cancel-Lock: sha1:MHXfuf1kH9Q0xk3Uq50pWRkSQy4= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.33.0.120411 Thread-Topic: Promoting Ada via facebook/google+ .... Thread-Index: Ac2qMMCYi5X8NmcRVkK4VuGvJbN38A== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: 2012-10-14T18:24:23+01:00 List-Id: On 14/10/2012 15:24, in article ae008vFsslbU1@mid.uni-berlin.de, "Michael Erdmann" wrote: > On 10/13/2012 11:37 AM, Brian Drummond wrote: >> On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:12:03 -0700, Lucretia wrote: >> >>> On Monday, 8 October 2012 09:50:08 UTC+1, Brian Drummond wrote: >>> >>>> For example, the Raspberry Pi forum and/or MagPi magazine would be >>>> communities where Ada is probably unknown; where an alternative >>>> language would be well received, and where education is the main driver >>>> behind the project. Grab'em young! >>> >>> I actually wrote the first Ada article for MagPi, unfortunately it was >>> too long so they cut it up, I need to add 2 more pages for next month :D >> >> Excellent news, and a 2-parter probably feels more serious than a single >> issue. >> >>>> Perhaps an article about using the Pi to recreate one of the great >>>> British computers ... whose simulator just happens to use Ada... ;-) >>> >>> Not a bad idea, if only I had a clue about simulators :D >> >> Heh, I was fishing for Bill Findlay there... maybe he's away writing it! >> >> - Brian >> > Is there any link i could publish? I you means "using the Pi to recreate one of the great British computers ... whose simulator just happens to use Ada" then: -- Bill Findlay with blueyonder.co.uk; use surname & forename;