private parts (was: Two ideas for the next Ada standard)

[evans@evans.pgh.pa.us (Arthur Evans Jr)]

adam@irvine.com (Adam Beneschan) wrote:

> On an unrelated topic, I wonder whether the language designers would
> have come up with a different terminology if they knew we were going
> to have these discussions?  All this talk about "removing private
> parts" is generating some disturbing visuals . . .

I remember an Ada-83 Distinguished Reviewer meeting, probably about 1979
or 80 or so, at Intermetrics, chaired by Bill Carlson.  One of the DRs,
whom I'll refer to here as Joe Schmoe, had some important ideas about
changes to private parts that he wanted to discuss.  No problem, but
Bill had an agenda and that topic wasn't scheduled for discussion till
later on.

So, finally, we reached the point where we were ready for that
discussion.  "OK," Bill said, "now it's time to discuss Joe Schmoe's
private parts."  What a remarkable shade of red Joe Schmoe turned.

We worked hard at DR meetings, but they surely had their moments of fun.

Art Evans