On Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 02:45:10PM -0700, John Stewart wrote:
>Her legacy lives on as the Department of Defense Language ADA bears her name.
And how unfortunate that is.
The real-life person was someone who appreciated simplicity and elegance of
design, and whose insights into programming problems were amazing.
Contrast this with the ADA language, a gargantuan monstrosity that only
a military bureaucrat could love.
Perhaps in the future someone will favor the lady by naming something
else -- far better designed and implemented, I should hope -- after her.
---Rsk
Rich Kulawiec
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