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Date: 7 Jun 93 11:10:03 GMT
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ws.sei.cmu.edu!ajpo.sei.cmu.edu!wellerd@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (David Weller)
Subject: Re: Non-defense Ada applications - answering several requests
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In article <SRCTRAN.93Jun6214314@world.std.com> srctran@world.std.com (Gregory 
Aharonian) writes:
>
>[deletia regarding programming jobs in want ads]
>
>   But Mike, and Lloyd, and all you other true believers of Ada, if you
>make such a detailed survey, you will find the ratio of C/C++ to Ada jobs
>to be fifty to one.  Which is probably a measure of Ada use in the
>non-Mandated world.  If you make the survey.  If you care.
>
I care.  Just checked yesterday's paper (Houston Chronicle):
	Ada: 15 (!)
	C/C++: 80  (Hmm, where did that 50:1 ratio go?)
	FORTRAN: 63
	COBOL: 172

Damn good thing I've got a COBOL book in my dusty ol' library! :-)

As a casual note, most of the COBOL work was with "Big Iron".  FORTRAN
was generally with VAXes.  C/C++ was VAX, PC, Workstations.  The Ada
jobs were nonspecific (and not for lack of space, it appears).  

Draw your own conclusions.

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