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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5cb36983754f64da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-04-07 15:44:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!c2bfcbcf!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: No call for Ada (was Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language) References: <20040206174017.7E84F4C4114@lovelace.ada-france.org> <54759e7e.0402071124.322ea376@posting.google.com> <406EB6D2.8030801@noplace.com> <87d66pyw1g.fsf@insalien.org> <406EEC35.7040109@noplace.com> <874qs0zvy1.fsf@insalien.org> <40714C98.90601@noplace.com> <1073gv22t969q5a@corp.supernews.com> <40729B9D.30906@noplace.com> <1076000ef5oj06f@corp.supernews.com> Message-ID: From: Ed Falis Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Opera7.23/Linux M2 build 518 Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 22:44:38 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.160.152.41 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1081377878 68.160.152.41 (Wed, 07 Apr 2004 18:44:38 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 18:44:38 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6825 Date: 2004-04-07T22:44:38+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 22:14:07 GMT, David Starner wrote: > On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 19:40:50 +0200, Pascal Obry wrote: > >> Fine just do it and release the code as Open Source! > > Why? I have other things to do in my life then write a library that no > one > is ever going to use. It seems like there's dozens of alpha libraries and > bindings out there for Ada, most of which don't actually seem to be used > anywhere, and many of which aren't supported. I'd rather spend my time > working on something interesting and maybe even useful. So let me pose a stupid question to you, David. Why do you waste your time whining here? Or don't you recognize that that's what you're doing? - Ed