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: 103376,da46977c58c329df X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-01 09:19:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!ppp-2-53.5800-9.telinco.NET!not-for-mail From: "Nick Roberts" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada's Slide To Oblivion ... Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 16:56:17 -0000 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-2-53.5800-9.telinco.net (212.1.137.53) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1012583958 40012693 212.1.137.53 (16 [25716]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19495 Date: 2002-02-01T16:56:17+00:00 List-Id: I wrote to the editor correcting (commenting on) the obvious points (that seem to have been largely borne out in this thread - phew). However, I fought shy of 'war stories' for fear of sounding too much like an advocate! -- Nick Roberts "Randy Brukardt" wrote in message news:u5jskk38g43je7@corp.supernews.com... > I hope that some of the people pontificating on this newsgroup are > actually providing feedback to the author of the article (which he asks > for at the end). I'd do it myself, but my embedded software experience > is limited to supporting customers doing it. All of my good war stories > are on desktops and servers. > > Writing here might make people feel good, but does nothing whatsoever to > promote Ada or convince people that using C/C++ is dangerous.