From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: What's ADA?
Date: 1996/05/02
Date: 1996-05-02T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DqsH4u.82A@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4maj9u$kov@watnews1.watson.ibm.com
In article <4maj9u$kov@watnews1.watson.ibm.com>,
Norman H. Cohen <ncohen@watson.ibm.com> wrote:
>And don't forget:
>
> air defense artillery
> ...
And "Always Demanding Accuracy" in case conventions. ;-)
Why do advocates of a case-insensitive language make such a big deal
about the case in which the name of that language is spelled?
How many people who might have tried Ada were turned off when the first
question they asked about it was answered with these pedantic
admonishments?!
- Bob
P.S. I was amused when somebody really did post a question about the
American Disabilities Act, thinking this was the right place.
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1996-05-02 0:00 What's ADA? ����RM��
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Carl Bowman
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1996-05-03 0:00 ` John Herro
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-05-03 0:00 ` John Norcross {83602}
1996-05-03 0:00 ` Mike Young
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Dave Jones
1996-05-03 0:00 ` John Herro
1996-05-04 0:00 ` Hung Huynh
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