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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.datemas.de!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!border2.nntp.ams2.giganews.com!backlog4.nntp.ams3.giganews.com!backlog4.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.solcon.nl!not-for-mail From: Jerry van Dijk Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 13:36:25 +0100 Organization: JerryWare Message-ID: References: <08a98d3a-0f72-491c-b024-3e09c0457c03@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.solcon.nl 1416659785 11953 212.45.36.199 (22 Nov 2014 12:36:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@solcon.nl NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 12:36:25 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 X-Original-Bytes: 1588 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23645 Date: 2014-11-22T13:36:25+01:00 List-Id: In article , lithiumcat@instinctive.eu says... > What about a robot then? Cold like proper engineering, unforgiving > like an Ada compiler, durable likee well-engineered constructs (though > it could still be made cute, like Wall-E). Durable like Marvin ? :-) Anyway I find it hard to come up with anything as the first thing that comes to my mind if you mention Ada is 'Solid'. Maybe simply something like a big strong hammer ? I'm sure someone can create a cute fluffy version too... New Ada motto: to Ada all programming problems ARE nails :-) Ok, ok, I'm going to get my coffee now... -- -- Jerry van Dijk -- Leiden, Holland