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Another D___ 1 acronym

Another D___ 1 acronym Another D Acrony m Michael D . Shapiro, Ph .D . NCCOSC RDTE DI V (formerly NOSC ) San Diego, Californi a mshapiro@nosc.mil Two minor problems associated with discussions of the Ada programming language occasionally vex Ada advocates and purists—references to persons making "religiou s arguments" about the Ada language and misuse of the acronym ADA . This brief pape r intends to solve both problems. I believe we need a new term to describe those intent on heatedly discussing th e attributes of Ada with the strong belief that those attributes are either (1) good or (2) evil . I propose we call such a person an Adaeist . An Adaeist (pronounced AY—dee—ist) argue s his or her leanings about Ada with the dedication and fervor usually attributed to religiou s fundamentalists or to religious disbelievers . We can call a congregation of such persons an Assembly of Devout Adaeists, or ADA . This use of the acronym in a way related to the Ada programming language gives u s a specific replacement for what has been a more general use . When someone writes AD A in anything related to computers, we will know they are http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM SIGAda Ada Letters Association for Computing Machinery

Another D___ 1 acronym

ACM SIGAda Ada Letters , Volume XIII (5) – Sep 1, 1993

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Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Copyright
Copyright © 1993 by ACM Inc.
ISSN
1094-3641
DOI
10.1145/165354.165358
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Abstract

Another D Acrony m Michael D . Shapiro, Ph .D . NCCOSC RDTE DI V (formerly NOSC ) San Diego, Californi a mshapiro@nosc.mil Two minor problems associated with discussions of the Ada programming language occasionally vex Ada advocates and purists—references to persons making "religiou s arguments" about the Ada language and misuse of the acronym ADA . This brief pape r intends to solve both problems. I believe we need a new term to describe those intent on heatedly discussing th e attributes of Ada with the strong belief that those attributes are either (1) good or (2) evil . I propose we call such a person an Adaeist . An Adaeist (pronounced AY—dee—ist) argue s his or her leanings about Ada with the dedication and fervor usually attributed to religiou s fundamentalists or to religious disbelievers . We can call a congregation of such persons an Assembly of Devout Adaeists, or ADA . This use of the acronym in a way related to the Ada programming language gives u s a specific replacement for what has been a more general use . When someone writes AD A in anything related to computers, we will know they are

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ACM SIGAda Ada LettersAssociation for Computing Machinery

Published: Sep 1, 1993

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