From: Warren <ve3wwg@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: requeue vs requeue with abort - code example pleaseeee
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:13:28 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2010-12-10T20:13:28+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Xns9E4A9ADF81132WarrensBlatherings@188.40.43.230> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1hvnr1d2wp3vj$.fnxma3y5cxig.dlg@40tude.net
Dmitry A. Kazakov expounded in
news:1hvnr1d2wp3vj$.fnxma3y5cxig.dlg@40tude.net:
> On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 19:00:12 +0000 (UTC), Warren wrote:
>
>> Also remember it is "Ada" not "ADA". Otherwise we might
>> assume you're learning dentistry. ;-)
>
> All elder languages had capitalized names: FORTRAN, COBOL,
> PL, SNOBOL, C. ..
That was once true of acronyms, but not for names. As a name, it
has never been right to fully capitalize Ada.
Why they changed the rule for acronyms, beats me though. I liked
things they way they were. Did capitals get more expensive?
Warren
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-09 13:57 requeue vs requeue with abort - code example pleaseeee domel
2010-12-09 16:22 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-09 19:00 ` Warren
2010-12-10 0:11 ` Randy Brukardt
2010-12-10 5:52 ` Shark8
2010-12-10 7:14 ` Simon Wright
2010-12-10 8:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-10 10:12 ` AdaMagica
2010-12-10 17:27 ` Robert A Duff
2010-12-11 15:59 ` AdaMagica
2010-12-10 16:11 ` Adam Beneschan
2010-12-10 20:13 ` Warren [this message]
2010-12-10 21:30 ` Adam Beneschan
2010-12-10 21:48 ` Simon Wright
2010-12-13 16:21 ` Warren
2010-12-13 19:55 ` Adam Beneschan
2010-12-14 15:40 ` Warren
2010-12-11 0:46 ` Peter C. Chapin
2010-12-11 1:39 ` Adam Beneschan
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