Re: Hijacking a Thread was RE: New Ada compiler for .NET

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <_RvZ9.24$Yd4.73802977@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>, "Pat Rogers" <progers@classwide.com> writes:
> "Colin Paul Gloster" <Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org> wrote in message
> news:slrnb3a9p3.ph5.Colin_Paul_Gloster@camac.dcu.ie...
>> Richard Riehle wrote in news:3E1EA349.6B97C328@adaworks.com :
>>
>> "[..]
>>
>> It can be conjectured that the DoD mandate was, in part responsible
>> for the resistance to Ada, but not because it was designed for
> weapon
>> systems. [..]"
>>
>> How widespread such campaigns were I do not know, but I once was
> told by
>> somebody that he and others involved in university (not in America)
> had
>> successfully campaigned against Ada being taught. This person told
> me that
>> he and his colleagues campaigned against Ada not because of the
> amount of
>> money involved, but because they were against war.
> 
> I bet he and his little friends used email to coordinate their
> efforts.

Certainly email existed without DoD funding.  It is TCP/IP that they
funded, and without that there would be other protocols.  To date
the alternatives do not seem to have prevailed, so the campaign
will need more effort.