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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,5f529c91be2ac930 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 11232c,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-30 12:30:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!news03.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com!cyclone01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com!news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rod Davison Subject: Re: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died (was): 64 bit addressing and OOP Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada,misc.misc Reply-To: rod.removethis@andthis.critsys.com Organization: Critical Knowledge Systems Inc. Message-ID: References: <9fa75d42.0304240503.54dbc5d1@posting.google.com> <20619edc.0304240953.221ac70f@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0304250448.5107afef@posting.google.com> <20619edc.0304252116.621a4bf4@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0304260649.366530c5@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0304280451.34afff75@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0304300648.35b12e0b@posting.google.com> User-Agent: Pan/0.11.3 (Unix) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso885915 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Comment-To: "soft-eng" Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 19:30:10 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.103.221.119 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rogers.com X-Trace: news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com 1051731010 24.103.221.119 (Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:30:10 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:30:10 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.java.advocacy:62945 comp.object:62406 comp.lang.ada:36778 misc.misc:13831 Date: 2003-04-30T19:30:10+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:48:25 -0400, soft-eng wrote: > Even if you are living in a cardboard box, if you have to go grocery > shopping, probably your cashier is doing the checkout using a Windows > based application. > Ah-hah! That explains why upgrade my portabello mushrooms to the more expensive Shitaki before they could be rung through. -- ==================================================== Rod Davison Critical Knowledge Systems Inc. rod @ critsys . com ==================================================== Maybe, just once, someone will call me "sir" without adding, "you're making a scene." ====================================================