From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c76058a9543c7fdb,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-06 01:30:11 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: sparky!uunet!grebyn!daily!karl From: karl@grebyn.com (Karl A. Nyberg) Subject: Ada Second Only to Basic Message-ID: <1993Mar6.035447.24696@grebyn.com> Keywords: Ada, Language Wars, Digital News & Review Organization: Grebyn Timesharing Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1993 03:54:47 GMT Date: 1993-03-06T03:54:47+00:00 List-Id: [More fodder for the language superiority war.] Source: Digital News & Review, March 1, 1993, p. 9: Top 10 Programming Languages: 1. BASIC 35.2 2. Ada 27.2 3. Assembler/Macro 26.4 4. 4GLs 24.4 5. C++ 24.4 6. Pascal 24.4 7. FORTRAN 21.5 8. C 20.6 9. Other-Object-Orient 19.2 10. COBOL 18.9 I suppose this says more about the use of DEC equipment than about Ada, but it is an interesting set of results nonetheless. -- -- Karl -- -- Karl A. Nyberg karl@grebyn.com Post Office Box 497 Grebyn Corporation Vienna, VA 22183-0497 USA +1-703-281-2194