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  • Re: IBM and Red Hat

    From =?UTF-8?B?Q8OzaWzDrW4=?= =?UTF-8?B?IE5pb2Nsw6Fzw61u?==?UTF-8?B?IEdsb3N0w6lpcg==?=@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.misc,comp.lang.ada on Mon Oct 12 20:29:08 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada

    C186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
    |----------------------------------|
    |" Does ANYONE use Ada anymore ???|
    | |
    |[. . .]" |
    |----------------------------------|

    Yes. This is a crosspost to comp.lang.ada
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)
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  • From c186282@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.misc,comp.lang.ada on Tue Oct 13 00:56:06 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada

    On 10/12/26 16:29, Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir wrote:
    C186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
    |----------------------------------|
    |" Does ANYONE use Ada anymore ???|
    | |
    |[. . .]" |
    |----------------------------------|

    Yes. This is a crosspost to comp.lang.ada
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    Just for the record, I don't think they SHOULD
    be using Ada. A highly imperfect 'solution' for
    a largely imaginary peril. Would be interested
    in seeing data on the suicide rate for Ada
    programmers though :-)

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.misc,comp.lang.ada on Tue Oct 13 08:14:03 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada

    On 12/10/2026 21:29, Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir wrote:
    C186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
    |----------------------------------|
    |" Does ANYONE use Ada anymore ???|
    | |
    |[. . .]" |
    |----------------------------------|

    Yes. This is a crosspost to comp.lang.ada
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    I don't use corncobs to wipe my arse either
    --
    WOKE is an acronym... Without Originality, Knowledge or Education.

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  • From =?UTF-8?B?Q8OzaWzDrW4=?= =?UTF-8?B?IE5pb2Nsw6Fzw61u?==?UTF-8?B?IEdsb3N0w6lpcg==?=@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.misc,comp.lang.ada on Tue Oct 13 09:45:23 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada

    C186282 <[email protected]> wrote: |--------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] Would be interested |
    | in seeing data on the suicide rate for Ada|
    | programmers though :-)" | |--------------------------------------------|

    I believe that no Ada programmer ever commits a suicide. I am an
    Adaist who will never choose to commit a suicide!
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)
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  • From rbowman@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.misc,comp.lang.ada on Tue Oct 13 17:25:54 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada

    On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:14:03 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    On 12/10/2026 21:29, Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir wrote:
    C186282 <[email protected]> wrote: |----------------------------------|
    |" Does ANYONE use Ada anymore ???|
    | |
    |[. . .]" |
    |----------------------------------|

    Yes. This is a crosspost to comp.lang.ada (S.
    HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    I don't use corncobs to wipe my arse either

    When the Ada fad started I recall job offerings that required several
    years of Ada experience. At the time there wasn't a working Ada compiler.
    HR people are so cute.
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  • From The Natural Philosopher@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.misc,comp.lang.ada on Tue Oct 13 18:38:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada

    On 13/10/2026 18:25, rbowman wrote:
    On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:14:03 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    On 12/10/2026 21:29, Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir wrote:
    C186282 <[email protected]> wrote: |----------------------------------|
    |" Does ANYONE use Ada anymore ???|
    | |
    |[. . .]" |
    |----------------------------------|

    Yes. This is a crosspost to comp.lang.ada (S.
    HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    I don't use corncobs to wipe my arse either

    When the Ada fad started I recall job offerings that required several
    years of Ada experience. At the time there wasn't a working Ada compiler.
    HR people are so cute.

    ROFLMAO!

    We used to simply lie. But Ada wasn't worth the hassle of learning
    --
    “But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an hypothesis!”

    Mary Wollstonecraft

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  • From =?UTF-8?B?Q8OzaWzDrW4=?= =?UTF-8?B?IE5pb2Nsw6Fzw61u?==?UTF-8?B?IEdsb3N0w6lpcg==?=@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.misc,comp.lang.ada on Tue Oct 13 17:47:36 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada

    RBowman <[email protected]> wrote: |------------------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] I recall job offerings that required several |
    |years of Ada experience. [. . .] |
    |[. . .]" | |------------------------------------------------------|

    Likewise happened with e.g. C# when C# was new.
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)
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  • From Charlie Gibbs@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.misc,comp.lang.ada on Tue Oct 13 18:16:03 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada

    On 2026-10-13, rbowman <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:14:03 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    On 12/10/2026 21:29, Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir wrote:

    C186282 <[email protected]> wrote:

    |----------------------------------|
    |" Does ANYONE use Ada anymore ???|
    | |
    |[. . .]" |
    |----------------------------------|

    Yes. This is a crosspost to comp.lang.ada (S.
    HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    I don't use corncobs to wipe my arse either

    When the Ada fad started I recall job offerings that required several
    years of Ada experience. At the time there wasn't a working Ada compiler.
    HR people are so cute.

    Sort of like the search for programmers with
    5 year's experience in Windows 95 - in 1997.
    --
    /~\ Charlie Gibbs | In this world there are
    \ / <[email protected]d> | two kinds of people:
    X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | 1. Those who can extrapolate
    / \ if you read it the right way. | from incomplete data.
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  • From c186282@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.misc,comp.lang.ada on Tue Oct 13 22:22:23 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada

    On 10/13/26 14:16, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
    On 2026-10-13, rbowman <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:14:03 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    On 12/10/2026 21:29, Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir wrote:

    C186282 <[email protected]> wrote:

    |----------------------------------|
    |" Does ANYONE use Ada anymore ???|
    | |
    |[. . .]" |
    |----------------------------------|

    Yes. This is a crosspost to comp.lang.ada (S.
    HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    I don't use corncobs to wipe my arse either

    When the Ada fad started I recall job offerings that required several
    years of Ada experience. At the time there wasn't a working Ada compiler.
    HR people are so cute.

    Sort of like the search for programmers with
    5 year's experience in Windows 95 - in 1997.


    Heh ... expect "HR" to have ANY clue ??? :-)

    Give 'em a chance and they won't even figure
    bathroom breaks in the schedule.

    "What, we employ HUMANS ???"

    Clue, pee under their doors :-)

    Anyway, had some experiences with Ada. It's
    as inhuman as 'HR'. Better to work for a
    homeless/addict center than have to do a
    lot of Ada programming.

    Hmm ... recently subscribed to CHAT. Dunno
    why exactly, but the price was good.

    Gonna ask it to write me a mini database
    with b-trees ... in FORTRAN ... for fun.
    Kinda liked FORTRAN (note Python stole
    a lot of stuff from FORTRAN, the string-
    slicing is especially useful).

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  • From c186282@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.misc,comp.lang.ada on Wed Oct 14 04:44:00 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada

    On 10/13/26 13:47, Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir wrote:
    RBowman <[email protected]> wrote: |------------------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] I recall job offerings that required several |
    |years of Ada experience. [. . .] |
    |[. . .]" | |------------------------------------------------------|

    Likewise happened with e.g. C# when C# was new.
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    If you SEE insane reqs for jobs like that - RUN AWAY !
    Let 'em DIE from their own stupidity.

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  • From =?UTF-8?B?Q8OzaWzDrW4=?= =?UTF-8?B?IE5pb2Nsw6Fzw61u?==?UTF-8?B?IEdsb3N0w6lpcg==?=@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.misc,comp.lang.ada on Wed Oct 14 10:49:54 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada

    C186282 <[email protected]> wrote: |-----------------------------------------------------------|
    |"On 10/13/26 13:47, Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir wrote: |
    RBowman <[email protected]> wrote: | |------------------------------------------------------| |
    |"[. . .] I recall job offerings that required several | |
    |years of Ada experience. [. . .] | |
    |[. . .]" | | |------------------------------------------------------| |
    |
    Likewise happened with e.g. C# when C# was new. |
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)|
    | |
    | If you SEE insane reqs for jobs like that - RUN AWAY !" | |-----------------------------------------------------------|

    Good advice!
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  • From rbowman@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.misc,comp.lang.ada on Wed Oct 14 19:28:30 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada

    On Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:49:54 -0000 (UTC), Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir wrote:

    C186282 <[email protected]> wrote: |-----------------------------------------------------------| |"On
    10/13/26 13:47, Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir wrote: |
    RBowman <[email protected]> wrote: | |------------------------------------------------------| |
    |"[. . .] I recall job offerings that required several | |
    |years of Ada experience. [. . .] | |
    |[. . .]" | | |------------------------------------------------------| |
    |
    Likewise happened with e.g. C# when C# was new. |
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)|
    | |
    | If you SEE insane reqs for jobs like that - RUN AWAY !" | |-----------------------------------------------------------|

    Good advice!

    Back in the '80s that was a common ploy. Insane requirements and low
    salary. The company was angling for a H-1 hire and could say truthfully
    'We advertised the opening and nobody even applied.'

    iirc it was still H-1. The split into H-1A and H-1B came later.
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