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: 101deb,3488d9e5d292649f X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,e6a2e4a4c0d7d8a6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-22 02:56:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: status of PL/I as a viable language Followup-To: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 10:56:32 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <1045856952.418085@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <8C8A06BCD0B3376D.01247F5E9E2652B0.5BB268703A0C3D85@lp.airnews.net> <1045863617.243086@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1045911392 17578 129.241.83.78 (22 Feb 2003 10:56:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 10:56:32 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.pl1:4418 comp.lang.ada:34414 Date: 2003-02-22T10:56:32+00:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote: > But it took them *two years* to get it specified, designed, and built. > Maybe it was a polished piece of perfection, but that's a very long > time to build a message filter. But two years is nothing! -- Preben Randhol ---------------- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent", Isaac Asimov