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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,85f66d53f7e779c0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-15 04:31:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr30.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Pat Rogers" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3c91bdb8.1496401@news.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: alternatives X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.191.177.131 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr30.news.prodigy.com 1016195433 ST000 208.191.177.131 (Fri, 15 Mar 2002 07:30:33 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 07:30:33 EST Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: F[OUS^[BTRU[RID[N[OJNW@@YJ_ZTB\MV@BD]\YIJYWZUYICD^RAQBKZQTZTX\_I[^G_KGFNON[ZOE_AZNVO^\XGGNTCIRPIJH[@RQKBXLRZ@CD^HKANYVW@RLGEZEJN@\_WZJBNZYYKVIOR]T]MNMG_Z[YVWSCH_Q[GPC_A@CARQVXDSDA^M]@DRVUM@RBM Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 12:30:33 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21280 Date: 2002-03-15T12:30:33+00:00 List-Id: "John McCabe" wrote in message news:3c91bdb8.1496401@news.demon.co.uk... > On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:03:50 +0000 (UTC), Peter Hermann > wrote: > > >says: > >"... the Department of Defense, which was seeking alternatives to Ada ..." > > > >Who is The DoD , please ? > > Do you mean who is The Department of Defense? I think Peter is falling victim to the same malady I suffer on newsgroups: excessive subtlety. I suspect he means that it is meaningless to say the DoD was seeking something, for various reasons: 1) The DoD does not act as a whole, with a consistent approach or goal (This will surprise no one familiar with Ada) 2) Only people can seek something (in this context) 3) Some people in the DoD like and use Ada cost-effectively 4) Without identifying who, in one form or another, is "seeking alternatives to Ada", the author is not saying anything worth the time to read. That's how I took it, anyway, and I agreed. --- Patrick Rogers Consulting and Training in: http://www.classwide.com Real-Time/OO Languages progers@classwide.com Hard Deadline Schedulability Analysis (281)648-3165 Software Fault Tolerance