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: 103376,630c12e823d1bdf4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-28 05:31:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!beamish.news.atl.earthlink.net!guinness.news.atl.earthlink.net!news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Hijacking a Thread was RE: New Ada compiler for .NET Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:14:59 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: References: <1040653133.613605@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3e18f3f3_1@news.tm.net.my> <6KwmrO7CZtnj@eisner.encompasserve.org> <1041910244.361888@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3E1E5604.5030209@nospam.adrianhoe.com> <3E1EA349.6B97C328@adaworks.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.b8.c2 X-Server-Date: 28 Jan 2003 13:15:47 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33483 Date: 2003-01-28T13:15:47+00:00 List-Id: Interesting, but rather foolish, I would think. There are all sorts of technologies or other forms of human knowledge that have come about because of some sort of military endeavor or military involvement. (Like, oh, mayby things ranging from emergency room surgery techniques to most of the space program?) Failure to study and employ such knowledge just because the military once touched it sounds a little like cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. In any event, while I'm sure that there are many on college campuses who would be capable of such an attitude towards Ada, I doubt that it had a lot to do with its failure to catch on in a big way. I think it was more a matter of mismanagement in the early stages and the technology not being there to back up all the claims of wonderfulness. Basically, in the early stages Ada just cost too much and didn't work and was taking too long too in curing either of those problems. As a result it got a bad reputation and was ignored in droves. Now the money that might have funded the sort of improvements needed has dried up, so its advancement is going to be a slow evolution based on the work of small companies and assorted hackers. Maybe its better that way. At least whatever Ada gets at this point has been rightfully earned and nobody is going to say "You got the job only because of The Mandate..." MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "I'd trade it all for just a little more" -- Charles Montgomery Burns, [4F10] ====================================================================== Colin Paul Gloster wrote in message news:slrnb3a9p3.ph5.Colin_Paul_Gloster@camac.dcu.ie... > > How widespread such campaigns were I do not know, but I once was told by > somebody that he and others involved in university (not in America) had > successfully campaigned against Ada being taught. This person told me that > he and his colleagues campaigned against Ada not because of the amount of > money involved, but because they were against war.