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-Thread: 103376,c5f189513e1f5f8a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:41:58 -0500 From: rmoldskr+usenet@online.no Subject: Re: Ada as a first language Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <01d59695$0$20632$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com> <1YudnblPCIBgtlrUnZ2dnUVZ_tbinZ2d@earthlink.com> <87r60oip8a.fsf@nbi.dk> <7NadnVUQy9Nzm1XUnZ2dnUVZ_geWnZ2d@earthlink.com> <-bmdnWXWoJ-6zFTUnZ2dnUVZ_oiWnZ2d@earthlink.com> User-Agent: tin/1.9.2-20070201 ("Dalaruan") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.24-23-generic (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:41:59 -0500 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-3IHQEfhkTzsT9w2cFpMRYs6EnJ9h+NpCyCdAN0urLStG5YZlc31/NA8Plfn731TJhWSkcHUfOWU3/oE!wnYA2tk+IXBDm4aQ8MGGErcVgMkJrmIBz1oIb/5+QSawqfebnxjSQbkBgPJqYonIeWMGXDe5Pw== X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4279 Date: 2009-03-25T04:41:59-05:00 List-Id: Brian wrote: > You could_not_have_considered the scope, size and complexity of the problem > space that Chris was kind enough to describe, as he was not kind enough to > describe them at that time. "Amateur/hobbyist" does give a fairly good indication of scope, size and complexity. Anyway, didn't you advice _against_ Ada on exactly the same limited information that you lambast Andersen for basing his advice in favour of Ada on? -- Leif Roar Moldskred