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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 111d6b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid111d6b,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,8775b19e3c68a5dc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Philip Hunt Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java? Date: 1998/01/02 Message-ID: <34ACF9F9.9EEE1F89@oyster.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 312121445 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <67et6o$dql@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <882757510snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <67ktrg$ibk@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <883319809snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <68bt2p$d48@lotho.delphi.com> <34a991f0.2379476@news.diac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.188.206.37 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Oyster Systems Ltd Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-01-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: arnie sherman wrote: > > to return briefly to the original topic of this thread: > > i'm studying programing, including smalltalk (smalltalk express), & > would like to know not so much which language will pay the most, but > rather, which will be more likely to make me employable in the > shortest time (as an entry level programmer) ? C++ and Java. > whenever i discuss web design w/ placement people they immediatly want > to know if i know java. i suspect this is a trendy thing, though also > reflecting some real possibilities for employment in the immediate > future. If you want to get into web-based stuff, Java is particularly useful. Perl is also quite useful (for CGI scripts). -- Phil Hunt phil@oyster.co.uk Oyster Systems Ltd http://www.oyster.co.uk