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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a6b:5d1:: with SMTP id 200-v6mr4469149iof.18.1529292670000; Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:31:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:aca:5208:: with SMTP id g8-v6mr443996oib.1.1529292669853; Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:31:09 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!d7-v6no4350276itj.0!news-out.google.com!z3-v6ni5487iti.0!nntp.google.com!d7-v6no4350271itj.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:31:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=47.185.195.62; posting-account=zwxLlwoAAAChLBU7oraRzNDnqQYkYbpo NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.185.195.62 References: <5e86db65-84b9-4b5b-9aea-427a658b5ae7@googlegroups.com> <878t7u1cfm.fsf@nightsong.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ada Successor Language From: "Dan'l Miller" Injection-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 03:31:09 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:53139 Date: 2018-06-17T20:31:09-07:00 List-Id: On Monday, June 4, 2018 at 7:17:26 PM UTC-5, Shark8 wrote: > (ALSO: I personally think that a user definable "abstract type interface"= [kinda/sorta type classes], as well > as user-definable attributes, would be great ways to handle the above whi= le expanding the capabilities of > Ada'Succ.) Ada'Succ is an awesome name at some level (e.g., "Ada'Succ" would be unique= on WWW searches). Instead of a play on Ada Lovelace Byron's name et ceter= a, it is the 2nd insect regarding Ada when read phonetically: Ada tick suc= k. The mascot could be literally be a tick insect. (Ada95 would be either Ada'Class or Ada'Tag under this system of monikers.) With some creativity, somehow the sucking blood metaphor of =E2=80=9Cada ti= ck suck=E2=80=9D could be retailored to be a positive meaning. E.g., 1) the Boost project that is influencing modern C++ in the 21st century was= originally jokingly named Booze as a beverage even better than Java/coffee= /joe. Booze got morphed into Boost. 2) Boilermaker was an insult applied by another college-town's newspaper to= Purdue University's athletes back in the 19th century who were working par= t-time at a local steam-equipment factory to pay their way through Purdue U= niversity. Instead of being an insult, those athletes wore the moniker as = their official badge of honor as their official team name. Where there is a will, there is a way.