Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!texbell!wrangler!looking!funny-request From: luis@octopus.tds.kth.se Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny Subject: The Red Army and ADA Keywords: computer, chuckle Message-ID: Date: 29 Jul 90 10:30:04 GMT Lines: 15 Approved: funny@looking.on.ca Dijkstra E.W. writes in his memorials about A. Ershow the one of the greatest Soviet Scientists in Computer Science working in Novosibirsk (Russia). Dijkstra was a good friend of Ershov and they used to visit each other frequently. Dijkstra writes the following: "...At one of his visits [to The Netherlands], Andrei asked my opinion about Ada. I told him that Ada was such a mess that I shuddered at the thought that Western security would depend on it and that I would feel much safer if The Red Army were to adopt it as well. Andrei smiled and gave the now famous answer <>. -- Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL your jokes (jokes ONLY) to funny@looking.ON.CA Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. A Daemon will auto-reply. Remember: Only ONE joke per submission. Extra jokes may be rejected.