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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-09 08:33:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <3BC3145F.2BA7543@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> Subject: Re: is Ada dying? Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 11:32:36 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 15:32:36 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14036 Date: 2001-10-09T15:32:36+00:00 List-Id: In article <3BC3145F.2BA7543@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com>, Wes Groleau says... >Ted Dennison wrote: >> The Jargon file is maintained by a single rather opinionated person, who happens > >You're too kind. Even some of the most die-hard C bigots are >smart enough not to go as far as he did in the Jargon File. Only because C++ has proved most of their traditional anti-Ada arguments false. But there are a few people out there who are not swayed by the march of events. Call it bravery, stupidity, or just plain hard-headedness. But I am kind because I have in the past found some of his other writings well-reasoned and quite helpful in practice. The "Homesteading the Noonesphere" essay is a must read for anyone considering starting a cooperative volunteer project of any kind. You just have to realise that there are some opinions he holds to almost religously, and you should stay away from his writings on those subjects if you care about logic and getting to reasonable conclusions. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.