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: 27 Jul 93 18:43:46 GMT From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!csn!news.den.mmc.c om!iplmail!jcrigler@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Jim Crigler) Subject: Re: Gauntlet gathering rust and dust Message-ID: <1993Jul27.184346.24663@iplmail.orl.mmc.com> List-Id: Bob Hathaway (rjh@geodesic.com) wrote in response to some semi-sarcastic comments of mine: : If your favorite language (just what is that anyway, Jim) Actually, I don't _have_ a favorite; I'm like a language wino: I program in whateversaround. At work, I'm constrained to FORTRAN and C; at home, C, Forth, BASIC; at grad. school, I've been working with Ada for some time. (In fairness to my employer, I have, in previous assignments worked extensively with Ada {several KLOC}, less with PL/M and HP's Rocky Mountain Spotted BASIC.) : If your favorite language [...] lacks of the aforementioned : capabilities, why pick on Ada? I didn't intend to pick on Ada (which I like!); my intention was to pick on Ada _vendors_ for their ignoring the commercial industry. : And on keeping Ada secret, Ada's use is mandated by the government : and military because of its emphasis on reliable, large-scale : software development, a lot of which is classified. That's why many : of the published statistics on programming language usage seem : cockeyed to me, they obviously have a low content validity, meaning : they aren't necessarily representative of what's actually being : used. Agreed that published stats seem cockeyed (listening, Greg? Keep listening...), but what % is classified? (That statistic is probably classified, too :-) But I have a feeling that it's probably < 25%. Anybody got real numbers? Jim Crigler --------------------------------------------------------------------- Opinions only.