From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 4 Sep 93 03:05:53 GMT From: csus.edu!netcom.com!nbh@decwrl.dec.com (N.B. Hedd) Subject: Re: Hoare's gripes about Ada (was Re: Ada and C++ ...) Message-ID: List-Id: stt@spock.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft) writes: >In article nbh@netcom.com (N.B. Hedd) writes: >> ... [other similar silly statements about Hoare deleted] >This is the strangest post I have ever seen. Thank you, it wasn't easy. I just figured, if Ted Holden was impervious to logic and sound reasoning, perhaps he could be nuked by a form of argumentation more in keeping with his own approach, to wit: ad hominem attacks, distortions and outright lies, hyperbole, specious parallels, and mindless blather. I'm well aware of Hoare's contributions: he was one of the Great Men we learned about in CS. Hoare is great enough, in fact, that he was willing to admit a mistake (his early concerns about Ada) and correct for it in his more recent pronouncements [I half suspect this was due to the rise of C++ providing him with a basis for comparison...]. You'll note that Ted Holden, on the other hand, is so wedded to his skewed worldview that the fact of Hoare's conversion is conveniently ignored. Hopefully, my tactic has so befuddled and confused Ted that he will go away. (I can dream, can't I?) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ John R. Moore is an idiot.