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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,28cd155693714664 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-15 21:59:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!213.56.195.71!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Faulty languages and Liability Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 21:58:58 -0700 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1024203542 10917 137.194.161.2 (16 Jun 2002 04:59:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 04:59:02 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: X-Envelope-From: rleif@rleif.com X-Envelope-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26069 Date: 2002-06-15T21:58:58-07:00 From: Bob Leif To: Lyle McKennot et al. The Ada vendors can easily get Bill Gates' blessing. All they have to do is to make their products work with .net and list them at the .net web site. For Microsoft, Ada has two great virtues. 1) Ada is not Java. 2) Ada can be used to impugn both SUN's and IBM's credibility. -----Original Message----- From: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org [mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org] On Behalf Of Lyle McKennot Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 8:18 PM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: Faulty languages and Liability "David Botton" wrote: >Using Ada is the first step to solving these problems! It is a bit too late for good old Ada. Now, if the name could be changed, the syntax altered to look like C++ ( Yuck ! ) and MS persuaded to market it as Bill .NET, then it might have a chance :-)