Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!uw-june!simon From: simon@cs.washington.edu (Kevin Simonson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Ada symbolized as a rodent Keywords: rodent dinosaur cobol far side poster Message-ID: <14017@june.cs.washington.edu> Date: 6 Dec 90 20:08:00 GMT Organization: U of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle Lines: 37 I realize this is a very strange article to be posting in "comp.lang.ada"; maybe it'd be more appropriate for a group like "alt.far_side", but I couldn't find such a group in my ".newsrc" file. The situation is this. I've been programming in Ada for three years now, and though it has its quirks, I really like it. My fiance has been programming in Cobol for much longer than that. I don't think she has any- thing against Ada (which my predicament might illustrate), but we've had our share of fun poking fun at the shortcomings of the other's language-of- choice. Anyhow the other day she gave me a poster that has a picture of a hu- mongous dinosaur with a caption that says, "Once Upon A Time There Was COBOL." I've got it tacked to the partition next to my desk. This morning I got a vision. I remembered one of the funnier Far Side cartoons I've seen, depicting a gathering of dinosaurs. A dinosaur at the podium says something like, "Gentlemen, the situation is bleak. The cli- mate's changing, the rodents are taking over, and we've all got a brain the size of a walnut." The vision is of my fiance's poster, next to a cut-out of this car- toon, next to a picture of a rodent (probably a mouse), labeled Ada. I can probably get a hold of a picture of a mouse easy enough. Does anybody know which of Gary Larson's anthologies might include the dinosaur cartoon, so I could buy it, and cut out that one cartoon to tack to my wall? If anybody can provide me any information on this, I'd really appre- ciate it. Thanks. ---Kevin Simonson -- Even with a piece of buttered toast tied to its back, the cat still falls on its feet. ---Tor Jeremiassen Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com