Re: No top schools use Ada

[vladimir@speedy.intrepid.com (Vladimir Vukicevic)]

In article <NEWTNews.19974.798127420.cjames@cec-services-01> cjames@envisionet.net writes:

> That fact is a sad commentary on the QUALITY of what goes on here:  
> 
> about 30% of the posts are from Robert Dewar who is a notorious ...
> about 10% of the posts are from David Weller who has a very ...
> about 5% of the posts are from Michael Feldman who is a ...
> about 1% of the posts are from Tucker Taft who sometimes ...
>
> and the rest of the posts are either honest questions from honest people
> or ridiculous flames against Greg Aharonian and others.

(Hmm. I need to start posting more.)

So, according to this, you and Greg never post?  Neither of you has
honest questions, and I don't think either of you have ever flamed
each other...

Well, let's see. Robert got the highest marks, 30% of all the posts.
However, since Robert has contributed to many more discussions and
topics than either you (or Greg) have... many of those posts are just
telling people to direct gnat questions to gnat-report. Many, many
more are answering questions about the language and discussing
language issues (Something that I've -never- seen either you or Greg
do... do you two actually know Ada? Or do you feel your time is better
spent making empty, repetetive comments and long-winded posts that all
look like reincarnations of last week's long-winded post?). Only a
small fraction are spent actually discussing Ada being abandoned by
the DoD, NASA, Air Force, Navy, every tool vendor, and heck, let's
say it's being abandoned by the White House kitchen staff as well.
Likewise with David Weller, Michael Feldman, and Tucker Taft... all
have contributed to many discussions that I doubt you have any idea
of what is being said.

So, what % amount do you and Greg contribute to this newsgroup?
Certainly at least 75% of the drivel. Definitively 0% of anything
useful whatsoever (other than to get a good laugh).

> This newgroup is not worthy of any outside respect, and, by in
> large, it shows it.  By contrast, read other comp.lang newsgroups
> where the discussion actually proves something.  Is this a necessary
> evil of Internet.  I think not, because other comp.lang groups are
> valuable.

Wait, does this mean that you'll be leaving? And Greg too? Did Christmas
come early this year or something?

> Raise the quality of discussion here through self-discipline and by not 
> being selfish, then comp.lang.ada won't appear as a FidoNet talk feed.

Colin, a few sentances ago you called Robert Dewar a "notorious academic
snob and patronizing Internet bully of newbies," stated that David Weller
has a "very limited intelligence" and "writes meaningless invective," and
that Tucker Taft is "overpaid for narrow views and an inability to write
clearly."

And -you-'re telling -others- to raise the quality of discussion?

	- Vladimir