firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) (04/06/89)
Forgive me if you think this too trivial, but: The name of the programming language Mil-Std-1815A is not an acronym, it is a genuine word. Unless there is some special reason for using all upper-case, it should be written "Ada", not "ADA". Thank you
grante@rosevax.Rosemount.COM (Grant Edwards) (04/06/89)
in article <3149@bd.sei.cmu.edu>, firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) says: > > Forgive me if you think this too trivial, but: > > The name of the programming language Mil-Std-1815A is not an > acronym, it is a genuine word. Unless there is some special > reason for using all upper-case, it should be written "Ada", > not "ADA". > > Thank you Damn right! And while we're on the subject, Pascal is also named after a person. That is why only the *first* letter of the name is upper case. As far as I know, ADA stands for the American Dental Association. I haven't seen anything which has the acronym PASCAL. People who insist on writing ADA and PASCAL probably also pronounce the word "nuclear" as if it were spelled "nucular" (but that's a peeve of another color)
jws@hpcljws.HP.COM (John Stafford) (04/10/89)
I once complained to Time Magazine about their use of PASCAL and got a nice letter back saying that they were just doing what "Charles Sippl's Computer Dictionary" (or something like that) said. I had seen that dictionary and had noted numerous errors in it myself, but it didn't seem worth the effort to point that out. After all they were Time magazine and what a (dubious) computer dictionary said was more important than standard English usage (and it no doubt made them feel "with it" in a high-tech sense to have such a authority). Oh yes, ADA is also the American Diabetes Association (and no doubt other organizations as well).
jwolf@hpcupt1.HP.COM (John Wolf) (04/12/89)
Also the American Dental Association.
dcc@hpcldcc.HP.COM (Don Cameron) (04/26/89)
Not to mention Americans for Democratic Action. This ADA was a left-liberal
political advocacy organization. I wonder if they're still around ...
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