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: 103376,5cb36983754f64da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-04-27 07:25:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed.stueberl.de!eusc.inter.net!cs.tu-berlin.de!uni-duisburg.de!not-for-mail From: Georg Bauhaus Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: No call for Ada (was Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language) Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:25:47 +0000 (UTC) Organization: GMUGHDU Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de X-Trace: a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de 1083075947 12502 134.91.1.34 (27 Apr 2004 14:25:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.uni-duisburg.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:25:47 +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:7529 Date: 2004-04-27T14:25:47+00:00 List-Id: Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: : On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 07:26:01 +0400 (MSD), "Alexander E. Kopilovich" :>Call it what you wish, but take into account that vast majority of scientists :>do not oppose it anymore, but participate in all that stuff rather actively. : As cynical as "people of Ethiopia do not oppose hunger, but actively : participate it". I'd call it observation, not cynism. Things like these have been published in book form, and have been known for ages. The instances controlling the current fashion emplying various forms of normative forces may have shifted from an explicit institution like the Holy Inquisition to a "democratic" ruling crowd. And being mainstream does not necessarily mean being right or wrong or useless. See Ada. -- Georg