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> I'm thinking of writing an AI program (in Ada of course!) that will
> make occasional posts such as...
>
>    "The LRM says no such thing"
>    "That's a declaration, not a specification"
>    "Cobol isn't really that bad"
>
> etc.

Actually if these are to look like quotes from RBKD then they will need to
be slightly modified.  Robert would never refer to the "LRM" (there is no
such thing) but rather use "ARM" ("Ada Reference Manual") or simply "RM".
And he would never spell "COBOL" in mixed case :-)

Ben Brosgol
Ada Core Technologies