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=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2c3f4cf52d18939d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-19 18:12:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: adam@irvine.com (Adam Beneschan) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA the acronym - amusement Date: 19 Sep 2003 18:11:59 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.126.103.122 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1064020320 16280 127.0.0.1 (20 Sep 2003 01:12:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Sep 2003 01:12:00 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:42705 Date: 2003-09-20T01:12:00+00:00 List-Id: 18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ) wrote in message news:... > I'm sure that many of you know all too well that ADA stands for > "Americans with Disabilities Act," which causes some confusion. Well, > that's not all it stands for: > > Ada [not an acronym] DoD Standard Computer Software Language > ADA American Dental Association > ADA American Diabetes Association > etc., etc., etc. Plus it's a city in Oklahoma. -- Adam