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echo: rberrypi
to: D.M. PROCIDA
from: THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHER
date: 2017-07-05 10:00:00
subject: Re: GNAT Ada 2012 compile

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PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
On 05/07/17 09:26, D.M. Procida wrote:
> Martin Gregorie  wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:57:38 +0000, Bill Findlay wrote:
>>
>>> Is there an Ada 2012 compiler for current RPi OSes?
>>
>> Yes. The first four answers for "GNAT Ada compiler for RaspberryPi" in
>> IXQuick told me that and the third hit told me how to install it:
>>
>> $  sudo apt-get install gnat
>>
>> Curiosity: did you try an Internet search or query the Raspbian package
>> repository before asking here?
>
> Please don't answer like this.
>
> If someone prefers to get their information in a conversation with a
> human, that's perfectly legitimate. You don't have to answer if you
> don't feel like it.
>
> They also shouldn't be asked to justify why they're asking. There are
> many reasons why this might be the most appropriate way for them to ask,
> but in any case, it doesn't matter, and they don't have to provide any
> reasin.
>
> Daniele
>
And who appointed you moral arbiter of Usenet?

Every time I see the word 'should' 'ought' 'have to' typed out without a
qualifying context, I know I am reading a bigot's post.

The world of difference between 'IF you want your computer to work,THEN
you SHOULD switch it on'...


...And the context free 'you SHOULD switch your computer on' (as a
matter of moral duty?).

I am always tempted to say you SHOULD just fuck off.


--
The lifetime of any political organisation is about three years before
its been subverted by the people it tried to warn you about.

Anon.

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