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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: C++ on the Down Slope?
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:24:37 +0100
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:08:12 -0800, Charles H. Sampson wrote:

>      According to a recent email from LinkedIn, 488,992 people have "C++
> skills" and this is an 8% decrease since last year.

One probably should count C, C++, C#, D(?) together.

> Could this be an
> indication that the enemy is faltering?

Enemy? There is a huge growing pool of bad languages. If C++ ceased to
exist there would always be another to fill its place. People like to
invent and use bad languages.

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