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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,325c54deb91283fd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-25 20:38:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <1051282861.155019@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <434D6BE07B88DDF3.14FA79DE87C7C338.160D352186C8E9CD@lp.airnews.net> Subject: Re: Ada in Iraq X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 15:38:29 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.88.61.44 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1051328293 219.88.61.44 (Sat, 26 Apr 2003 15:38:13 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 15:38:13 NZST Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36590 Date: 2003-04-26T15:38:29+12:00 List-Id: "John R. Strohm" wrote in message news:434D6BE07B88DDF3.14FA79DE87C7C338.160D352186C8E9CD@lp.airnews.net... > "Hyman Rosen" wrote in message > news:1051282861.155019@master.nyc.kbcfp.com... > [ major snippage to get to the important point ] > > I don't even know Ada. > > THANK YOU for this admission of ignorance. > > I now know that I can safely ignore any and everything you say about Ada, > knowing that you have previously admitted to having no actual knowledge. I think that was a bit rash. Considering the amount of useful discussion Hyman provides it's a little bit difficult to blame him of ignorance (of all things). Ever heard of sarcasm?