Re: [ot... well kindof] SDI

[tmoran@acm.org]

> The only posts appropriate to this newsgroup are specific
> technical discussions of Ada or Ada related issues.
  Is there anywhere else Ada questions might be appropriate?  If
not, and this is indeed the newsgroup closest to appropriate, then
posting here is appropriate.  Not asking the question at all is not
appropriate, and turning off prospective Ada users is especially
inappropriate.
  Of course, students should normally find a teacher a better
source of answers than a newsgroup (although apparently not in the
OP's situation), and putting something like "[newbie Q]" in the
subject line is helpful to all concerned, and if there's enough
demand, there should be a separate "simple Ada questions"
newsgroup.