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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1ea92c0e5255811d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-09 11:09:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!skynet.be!skynet.be!freenix!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Way OT: Adam Smith and Software Markets Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 11:08:21 -0800 Organization: ENST, France Message-ID: Reply-To: "comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway" NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1047236943 53799 137.194.161.2 (9 Mar 2003 19:09:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 19:09:03 +0000 (UTC) To: , "'comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway'" Return-Path: X-Envelope-From: rleif@rleif.com X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <3E6B8804.35FBC08F@adaworks.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1 Precedence: list List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35102 Date: 2003-03-09T11:08:21-08:00 It is spelled Leif. Bob Leif -----Original Message----- From: Richard Riehle [mailto:richard@adaworks.com]=20 Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 10:29 AM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: Way OT: Adam Smith and Software Markets tmoran@acm.org wrote: > > free-willed and thinking individuals who take in avalilabale > > information and then make up their own minds > Clearly Ada is part of the communist plot to take over the world = from > that kind of totally knowledgeable, always logical, never make a = mistake, > people - who, among other things, can program in C++ without error. No, Tom. Ada was a plot by the CIA embedded within the DoD to persuade the Russians, Chinese, and others that they should devote intellectual energy to this language so they could understand U.S. military software, even = as we actually developed that software in other, more secret languages which = we never publicized to the public at large. It was a diversionary tactic intended to bring down the Soviet Union, confuse the French, annoy the British, amuse the Americans, and amaze the inhabitants of Western Africa. The entire plan backfired and it turned out that military software = developers were using it successfully. This called for yet another plan, promoted = by a different super-secret agency: abrogate the mandate to deceive the world into believing we were going yet another direction. Even comp.lang.ada is a conspiracy by nefarious people with unlikely, and obviously fictitious names such as Dewar, Hermann, Brosgol, Riehle, Condic, Lief, Randol, etc. If one examines these names carefully, along with others often found in this forum, and arranges them in the correct order, it will be discovered that each of these names, when mulitplied by the ASCII values of the word Moran, is a secret code devised by interplanetary visitors who intend to conquer the planet. Now, I must send this message quickly because those Alien creatures have learned that I have discovered their secret and are about to beam me into the spaceship hovering nearby over my flower garden. Goodbye all. Richard Riehle