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Subject: Re: Idea: create comp.lang.ada.spark - thoughts?
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Rod Chapman wrote:
> Dear c.l.a
> 
> We are considering submitting a Request for Disscussion (RFD) to 
> create a new newsgroup: comp.lang.ada.spark
> 
> This would be an unmoderated group for general discussion of the SPARK
> Ada subset and its uses.  In order for an RFD to be successful there has
> to be a general critical-mass of interest (and votes!) to make it
> worth-while...
> 
> So...what do you think?  Good idea?  Bad idea?  Don't care?

I know little of Spark, but in all the time I've been reading (3 years) 
cla I've only ever seen ~10-20 threads on Spark, so I think you'd have a 
hard time convincing people it's necessary.  Of course if Spark traffic 
increased substantially it might be worthwhile but right now it's very low.