From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 31 Aug 93 17:23:55 GMT From: agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ne ws.sei.cmu.edu!firth@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Robert Firth) Subject: Re: Why Ada has seven years to thrive or die Message-ID: <1993Aug31.132355.967@sei.cmu.edu> List-Id: In article srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) writes: > PRECENTAGE OF USERS ADOPTING > OBJECT ORIENTED TECHNOLOGY > > 1994 2% > 1995 11% > 1996 34% > 1997 53% > 1998 71% > 1999 80% > 2000 88% It might be instructive to compare similar extrapolated figures from the manufacturers of hula-hoops, skateboards, and pet rocks. Look, folks, every fad goes through a phase of exponential growth. We saw the same thing with flowcharts, structured programming, gotoless code, and Query By Example, to name but a few fashions once destined to sweep the world. There were even languages designed without a GOTO statement. Object-oriented programming is one way of solving problems; one of many ways. When the dust has settled, all the other ways will still be around, and languages that do not enforce a single "one size fits all" discipline of problem solving - general-purpose languages - will still be the mainstream. Remember LISP? Remember APL? Remember Prolog? And don't panic.