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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fdb77,5f529c91be2ac930 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 11232c,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-24 13:27:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: xanthian@well.com (Kent Paul Dolan) Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada,misc.misc Subject: Re: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died (was): 64 bit addressing and OOP Date: 24 Apr 2003 13:27:20 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: References: <8qkczsAcGcn+Ew83@nildram.co.uk> <3EA04A1E.CAFC1FEF@adaworks.com> <9fa75d42.0304221126.7112b7d5@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0304230439.55d28e70@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0304240503.54dbc5d1@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.8.249.130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1051216041 1070 127.0.0.1 (24 Apr 2003 20:27:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Apr 2003 20:27:21 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.java.advocacy:62618 comp.object:61858 comp.lang.ada:36505 misc.misc:13654 Date: 2003-04-24T20:27:21+00:00 List-Id: Wesley Groleau wrote > But why am I answering a troll? (If you are > not merely trying to stir up a fight, why are > you cross-posting to "misc.misc" ? Because in the article at the top of the thread _I_ crossposted it to misc.misc, the Net's all purpose newsgroup, for reasons I've explained half a dozen times at length elsewhere [not having anything to do with trolling, and for sure not trolling by the person you accuse], and not worth repeating here, but a crosspost I try _always_ to include in my postings. Sheesh. xanthian.