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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4d85dafcfa1dcde6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-10 16:25:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!kibo.news.demon.net!demon!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GPS - A new kind of IDE? Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 09:22:58 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <9Y1A8.25350$D%5.3478@sccrnsc01> <5ee5b646.0205061352.456c075a@posting.google.com> <3cd7b506.11293318@news.demon.co.uk> <3CDB2F01.78B66E87@adaworks.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1021036980 21631 136.170.200.133 (10 May 2002 13:23:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 May 2002 13:23:00 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23874 Date: 2002-05-10T13:23:00+00:00 List-Id: I looked over the tour of GPS and was suitably whelmed. This is the sort of thing that Ada needs to have available. (Which obviously leads to the question of if/when it will be available to the general public - or, more precisely, mere mortals who can't afford ACT support contracts. :-) It looks incredibly spiffy and really fills a major gap that has existed between Ada and other languages. But I'd have to agree that (while name recognition is nice) colliding names with a popular navigation system (especially given the context in which Ada has traditionally been a big deal) is likely to lead to confusion. It is most likely to cause trouble with web searches. ("Hey I heard these guys talking about something called 'GPS' on this newsgroup and they seemed to be thrilled about it. Gee... I wonder if I can find out more about it from Google???") Or in word-of-mouth communication (Think of the overheard conversation where someone goes "Oh yeah. I know all about that thing 'GPS' they're talking about. I don't need to investigate further." I once had a headhunter presume that "Adabas" had something to do with "Ada" on my resume and clearly she didn't know what she was talking about, but kept sending inquiries anyway.) That's my $0.02 worth of input on it, but as you observe, that's not our call. But if a dozen people tell you that you look sick, maybe you need to lie down and rest a while no matter how good you feel? :-) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Richard Riehle" wrote in message news:3CDB2F01.78B66E87@adaworks.com... > > Maybe it's not too late to change the name to GPE, for > Gnat Programming Environment. I rather like that better, > but it's obviously not my call. >