Boris Smilga - April 2nd, 2003

Subject:	Adский заговор
Time:	12:38 am

... или Правда о том, почему американцы выиграли, а мы проиграли холодную войну. (По наводке Джефа Колдуэла на comp.lang.lisp.)

Although Ada would also severely impact American software productivity, it was felt that--just as cancer-fighting chemotherapy nearly kills healthy tissue while it kills tumors--the healthier US economy would be better able to bear the severe burden of an unproductive software industry than the Soviet economy could. Thus, while American geeks were inferior to Soviet geeks, our Elbonian hordes could beat their Mongolian hordes.

comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment