render@m.cs.uiuc.edu (08/02/89)
Written 3:46 pm Jul 31, 1989 by mcp@sei.cmu.edu: >Did you know that Congressman A. F. Day has introduced legislation that >would make Ada the official computer language of the United States? This >appeared in a sidebar in the Hurst Project Managers' Newsletter, v. 1, no. 6, >June 1989, p.10, being quoted from "Tools of the Trade" by Warren Keuffel, >"Computer Language" of April 1989, page 31. A. F. Day? As in April Fool's Day? Geez, you gotta be more subtle than that! Of course, I say this after trying to find this guy's name on my list of current congresspeople. The sad part is, the bill is entirely plausible given the current levels of legislative intelligence. hal.