Hal Hart wrote:
>
> We need activists in the SIGAda booth, people who will engage those
> who look our way, feel out their attitudes, and then make Ada overtures
> tailored to that person. Gary is clearly one of these Ada activists.
> THANKS, GARY!
Aw, shucks. :)
You should see Currie work the crowd.
> >...
> >Oh, yeah, I had to sigh when Alan Kay, the keynote speaker, had a slide
> >with Ada spelled as "ADA".
>
> I accept small victories for Ada. I think the very fact that Alan Kay
> mentioned or showed a slide listing Ada in any way is a plus. I would
> even go so far as to say that often "Negative publicity is better than
> no publicity," but I'm guessing his usage of Ada wasn't negative,
> probably neutral. I guess getting mentioned on a "List of Things that
> Have Passed from the Face of the Earth" would not be good; that wasn't
> it, was it?
It was in a neutral way. Post-Simula languages.
> Thanks for the quick report, Gary. -- hh
You're welcome. No problem.
> PS: Actually the "Why Ada" brochure (and a slightly more technical
> companion that I haven't seen in a couple years) were developed under
> the original ARA in 1994. I do believe the AdaIC had hordes of them,
> and maybe the repro originals for making more after Bob Mathis passed
> from the ARA. If not, then SIGAda should find them, check out
> permissions, and become the future supplier.
What are they doing just sitting around?!
I pinned mine up on my corkboard here at work where we use C++ and Perl.
Hopefully it'll get people talking. Maybe SIGAda could send a copy out
once a year attached to Ada Letters.
Gary
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