Just Passing By

["Andrew Carroll" <andrew@carroll-tech.net>]

Okay, here we go.

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> Message: 3
> From: Marius Amado Alves <amado.alves@netcabo.pt>
> Subject: Re: Mneson
>
> Andrew Carroll wrote:
>
> > You know, come to think of it [snip]
> Maybe. I used to lurk some of the AdaBIND posts on this list, and I
have
> just checked the website. I strongly feel the lack of a high level
> description of AdaBIND,

let me signal an interrupt right there.
We only get 255 characters for the description.  To boot, I'm new to
sourceforge so I get lost just logging in.  Yes, I have figured out how
to edit the web site for AdaBIND at sourceforge and I put a little
description there.  Believe me, it's nothing fancy.
and jump...

> including a rationale for rewriting BIND.

Rational?  It's currently written in C, need I say more?  Ah, okay, I
don't want to start another long discussion.  I get enough email as it
is.
We, meaning Ludovic, I and one other person from CLA (who actually
mentioned they would use AdaBIND) feel that we would feel more
comfortable using BIND if it were written in a language like Ada.  The
reasons go back to all the discussions here on CLA about C vs. Ada.  I
don't know how else to say it without writing the vision document.

> BIND seems a complicated domain on itself and with many complicated
> implications. I myself know only 0.000001% of this domain. And nobody
is [snip]

Excellent.  Send me a message on the mailing list for the project and
Ludovic or I will set you up with a login, er shell, er an account or
something.

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> Message: 6
> From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>
> Subject: Re: Improving Ada's image
>
> Andrew Carroll wrote:
>
> > I have an idea.  I don't know if it has already mentioned or not but
> > lets form an international company.  [snip]
>
> Create an Ada credit card company, where the profits go
> into promoting the use of Ada. The card must offer
> competitive rates to be attractive (if they can
> introduce a Penguin card then..)
> --
> Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
> http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg

Warren, you are a genius!!  I don't personally care for 'credit' (it's
too much like usury) but maybe others don't view it that way.  Better
yet, we could tie in the educational topics here on CLA and come up with
a card for students.  Students who use C pay 21% interest and students
who use Ada get an extra 19% off!  Ehh, maybe that's not fair.  Warren,
can you tell me more about how to start a card?


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> Message: 3
> From: Bj?rn Persson <spam-away@nowhere.nil>
> Subject: Re: Improving Ada's image
>
> Andrew Carroll wrote:
> > I have an idea.  I don't know if it has already mentioned or not but
> > lets form an international company.  [snip]
>
> Seeing that I'm unemployed I'm vaguely interested in anything that
could
> get me a programming job, but I'm afraid I'm not the right person to
run
> a company.
>
> --
> Bj�rn Persson
>
> jor ers @sv ge.
> b n_p son eri nu

Bjorn, I feel the unemployment heat too.  Well, I run my own business
but it seems that all I do is bid on projects and type estimates.  Not
much programming in that.  I do send out the occasional resume (2 per
day) just in case some company somewhere wants to end my self-employment
woes.  Once and a while I get to change the network settings on some
computers for a small business or something and that helps keep me right
above bankruptcy.  It's always something keeping us from our goals.

I can't say that I'm 'vaguely' interested in getting experience, I'm
seeking any experience I can get.  I think what you may mean is that
your vaguely interested in doing work without pay and I can't blame you!
I feel the same.  The business idea has sort of fallen by the way-side
in favor of a credit card for students and a community software
development effort.  Which oddly enough sounds like what we have now???
It's all still very preliminary so your ideas are MOST welcomed!!  Did
you have something in mind?


Andrew