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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e6a2e4a4c0d7d8a6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-01 19:55:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!hammer.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: status of PL/I as a viable language X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 16:57:10 -0800 NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.88.61.21 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1046577301 219.88.61.21 (Sun, 02 Mar 2003 16:55:01 NZDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 16:55:01 NZDT Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34788 Date: 2003-03-02T16:57:10-08:00 List-Id: "Preben Randhol" wrote in message news:slrnb61eac.l7.randhol+news@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no... > AG wrote: > > > > "Preben Randhol" wrote in message > > > > > >> Preben Randhol ---------------- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- > >> "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent", Isaac Asimov > > > > > > "Armed society is polite society", Robert Heinlein [from "Beyond this > > Horizon"] > > > > I think we are in a definite agreement there - pass the guns please :) > > > > No, we are definitely not. Why? The whole point of Heinlein's statement was that having citizens armed means it's a little bit harder for violent types do go violent. Which seems to jive-in nicely with your signature ... > > -- > Preben Randhol ---------------- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- > "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent", Isaac Asimov