Judy.Bamberger@SEI.CMU.EDU (11/15/89)
You all got me again ... Discussions about Ada abound with references
to Ada Follies (are you sure you didn't attend or write some of these
yourselves?). Enjoy! (Yes - those of you who ordered video tapes -
they are being copied; should be shipped after Thanksgiving.)
Judy Bamberger
Software Engineering Institute
Pittsburgh PA 15213
bamberg@sei.cmu.edu
PS - Who was it that said that
" ... truth is always strange, stranger than fiction"?
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From the skit: A vs C Programmers
Teacher: C tells you that the C language is absolutely perfect. MOREOVER,
it can be improved by adding *classy* extensions, preprocessors, etc.
A admits that, unfortunately, there are some known deficiencies in the
A language. HOWEVER, you are not allowed to change it in any way!
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From the song: Help Me, Grady
(To the tune of ``Help Me, Rhonda'' by the Beach Boys)
(Verse:)
Information hiding - now that I can understand.
Data abstraction, too; it all sounds so fine and grand.
But Ada just makes a pretense
To support inheritance!
So, help me Grady; help me get it into my head!
Chorus:
Help me, Grady; help help me Grady; (6)
Help me, Grady, yeah, get it into my head!