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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7fb761492573daee X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: vladimir@speedy.intrepid.com (Vladimir Vukicevic) Subject: Re: No top schools use Ada Date: 1995/04/20 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 101283318 references: organization: Intrepid Technology, Inc. newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1995-04-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article 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