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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8acdbf1608300e6b,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-01-16 13:59:53 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.tiscali.de!eusc.inter.net!cs.tu-berlin.de!uni-duisburg.de!not-for-mail From: Georg Bauhaus Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: somewhat OT: another source of errors Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:59:53 +0000 (UTC) Organization: GMUGHDU Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de X-Trace: a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de 1074290393 21830 134.91.1.34 (16 Jan 2004 21:59:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.uni-duisburg.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:59:53 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (HP-UX/B.11.00 (9000/800)) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4471 Date: 2004-01-16T21:59:53+00:00 List-Id: while a stage1 gcc is taking much too long for compiling sem_prag.adb (as of the 20040114 snapshot), I find this article (in de-CH language) http://www.onlinereports.ch/Archiv/Aktualitaeten/Aktualitaeten_2004_01.htm#anchorBrueckeLaufenburg A newly built bridge to be joined above the river Rhine between Switzerland and Germany has a height difference of 27cm between the sides (or, according to a news paper, of 54cm). The difference is said to be due to differing ways of referring to sea level in Switzerland and Germany respectively. It is the Mediterranean sea in Switzerland, and the North Sea in Germany. -- Georg