From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mpdr0-0.clevoh.ameritech.net ([67.38.50.132] helo=mailhost.cle.ameritech.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16kliM-0002sO-00 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 07:49:14 -0500 Received: from computer ([65.43.218.206]) by mailhost.cle.ameritech.net (InterMail v4.01.01.07 201-229-111-110) with SMTP id <20020312130313.KOOF8971.mailhost.cle.ameritech.net@computer> for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:03:13 -0500 Message-ID: <019f01c1c9c4$204bdc20$9d2efea9@computer> From: "Pete" To: References: Subject: Re: free programming language Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 07:47:52 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Yes, it's not a good idea to have missiles flying around whith win-like OSes. Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Hallenbeck" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 6:39 AM Subject: Re: free programming language Hi Pete, On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Pete wrote: > I don't know, what is missles? Janina meant 'missiles' as in big rockets that carry warheads or astronauts. ADA was developed by the Department Of Defense and was made famous in a presidential address to the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) as being so complicated and unreliable as to pose a significant threat to the continuation of life on earth. I doubt if that impressed the military folks, but it sure impressed me. Chuck Visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck The Moon is Waning Crescent (2% of Full) _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup