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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,78e482034cf71a6e X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.66.89.135 with SMTP id bo7mr3720738pab.39.1349655944863; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:25:44 -0700 (PDT) Path: t10ni23654020pbh.0!nntp.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:25:44 -0500 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Promoting Ada via facebook/google+ .... References: <5071fcd3$0$6567$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:25:44 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Aaron W. Hsu" Organization: Indiana University Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.10 (Linux) X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-iRIy3koeTr/8uBgwoimTIXPmBXhwIAB05LKq1hfSfcZLcUWZHOiaBv6J79f2KPDj3+UlGKC9lat2ZCx!Yc/6U91eHh3SmcnIWf2/qygIpzqPONS8JYh+Ea808Fc9BjbSQA== X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2418 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: 2012-10-07T20:25:44-04:00 List-Id: On Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:48:36 -0400, Bill Findlay wrote: > Sometimes I feel ashamed to have been a part, however minor, of an > industry > that is so accepting of wilful ignorance, charlatanism and incompetence. So, ashamed to be a part of industry at all? :-) Actually, not being an avid Ada user (I usually use Scheme, APL, or C), I have heard lots of rumors and hearsay about the various problems with Ada, such as design-by-committee and whatnot, but when I took a look at the language itself, I don't really see a lot of hate on. It has its faults, like any language, but it seems to be quite respectable, and I hardly think it's a devil child that some make it out to be. Then again, I use APL, and talk about a language that gets people upset. Even in academic research where everyone has their favorite pet language I get people reacting like the world is ending if I mention that I use APL. When it comes to the less "in vogue" langauges, it seems that a lot of people are ready to dismiss them very quickly. -- Aaron W. Hsu | arcfide@sacrideo.us | http://www.sacrideo.us Programming is just another word for the Lost Art of Thinking.