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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1116ece181be1aea X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-12 20:48:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: 18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada? Date: 12 Sep 2003 20:48:44 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: References: <9keolvs9tjbbbuv1ndnsr69af7mtddemhk@4ax.com> <3F5F1ADB.1070008@noplace.com> <3F5F84C4.70902@attbi.com> <3F606BFA.7020407@noplace.com> <3F607DC5.5070408@attbi.com> <3F61BE5F.2010204@noplace.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.194.87.148 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1063424925 25556 127.0.0.1 (13 Sep 2003 03:48:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Sep 2003 03:48:45 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:42434 Date: 2003-09-13T03:48:45+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote in message news:<3F61BE5F.2010204@noplace.com>... > Robert I. Eachus wrote: > > Marin David Condic wrote: > > In corporate terms, you need to do R&D so you have products to sell when > > the demand for current products dries up. And a company can stay in > > Not necessarily. There are lots of companies that turn a nice profit > over long periods of time and do not invest in R&D. The pizzaria down on > the corner has been making the same pizza for the last fifteen years > that I know of and they've been doing just fine. This is off topic, but I feel compelled to reply. Good pizza tastes great, but all those carbs in the crust are terrible for your health. The doe turns to sugar in your system so fast that you might as well be eating bags of candy. When I eat pizza, I can't stop until I've eaten 3/4 of a g**-d**** large pizza. I excercize regularly and I'm in good shape, so I can tolerate it, more or less. My wife is absolutely gorgeous, but tends a bit to the heavy side. Whenever she suggests we eat pizza, I cringe. Sometimes it starts an argument. Whenever I see a pizza parlor, I think to myself that those bastards are capitalizing on the human proclivity for self-destruction. No, self-destruction shouldn't be illegal (all drugs should be legal, for example), but the bastards who promote it should get a conscience and take account of the death and misery (not to mention obesity) they are promoting in the long run. So if some pizzaria is making a profit, I'm not impressed.