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From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
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Subject: Re: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot
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On 2014-11-22, Jerry van Dijk <jdijk59@hotmail.com> wrote:
> In article <slrnm70np1.nrc.lithiumcat@nat.rebma.instinctive.eu>, 
> lithiumcat@instinctive.eu says...
>
>> What about a robot then? Cold like proper engineering, unforgiving
>> like an Ada compiler, durable likee well-engineered constructs (though 
>> it could still be made cute, like Wall-E).
>
> Durable like Marvin ? :-)
>

Well, Ada compilers tend to moan enough to qualify for that... :-)

Simon.

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