From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx0.inoc.net ([64.246.130.30]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16kkdE-0000D4-00 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 06:39:52 -0500 Received: from hudson.valstar.net (cust124.usr1-gtown.valstar.net [64.246.150.253]) by mx0.inoc.net (Vircom SMTPRS 5.2.204) with ESMTP id for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 06:39:53 -0500 Received: from localhost (hallenbeck@localhost) by hudson.valstar.net (8.11.4/8.10.2) with ESMTP id g2CBdo800460 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 06:39:50 -0500 Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 06:39:49 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Hallenbeck To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: free programming language In-Reply-To: <004c01c1c9ae$ea8baf80$9d2efea9@computer> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: 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)