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=2.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,dbd35bb508093bd9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-02 15:03:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.bc.tac.net!news.bc.tac.net!not-for-mail Reply-To: "Adam Kingsl" From: "Adam Kingsl" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3DEA5CC0.6B435E66@adaworks.com> Subject: Re: New Ada compiler for .NET X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4920.2300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4920.2300 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 15:01:27 -0800 NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.102.214.252 X-Complaints-To: news@bc.tac.net X-Trace: news.bc.tac.net 1038870226 207.102.214.252 (Mon, 02 Dec 2002 15:03:46 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 15:03:46 PST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31359 Date: 2002-12-02T15:01:27-08:00 List-Id: Few years ago I've heard a story from one guy, at that time Ph.D student who went to Iran to teach Control Systems Theory. Amusing thing was that his contract was terminated 1 month earlier because, as he believed, he used his lectures to carry political propaganda. Despite that fact he was PAID IN FULL and some g-nt official escorted him to airport after that and made sure that he will live unchecked (no stamps in his passport) for "his own good". Why would anyone abuse his student's trust in him as an engineer for religious "propaganda" ? I think instead of declaring them enemies we would help them to catch up with technologies so they won't feel like living in dark ages and consider rest of the world to be more of friends than of "Americans" ? "Richard Riehle" wrote in message news:3DEA5CC0.6B435E66@adaworks.com... > "Robert C. Leif" wrote: > > > Yes! Or if you are a pessimist, the US DoD uses C++ and the enemy uses > > Ada. Unfortunately, there is ample precedent for this. The Germans used > > General De Gaulle's writings on tank warfare to invade France. The US > > invented the aircraft carrier; and the Japanese used them at Pearl > > Harbor. > > Bob Leif > > Interesting note, Robert. A couple of years ago we received a request > for Ada training from Iran. Every now and then, we get a request > from some other potential enemy. We don't do training for these > countries, but the fact that they are doing projects in Ada is amusing. > My little booklet, Ada Distilled, has been downloaded by people from > all over the world including many places in the Middle East. GNAT > compilers are also being downloaded from a lot of places we don't > have particularly friendly relations. Hmmmmmmm. I wonder if > the copy of GNAT in North Korea is being used for nuclear > weapons construction? > > Richard Riehle >