Re: Desirability of C++

["Michael P. Walsh" <mp_walsh@pacbell.net>]

Pat Rogers wrote:

> "E. Robert Tisdale" <edwin@netwood.net> wrote in message
> news:390D9E0C.9C28DAD6@netwood.net...
> > Pat Rogers wrote:
> >
> > > > Does it matter?  The fact is that
> > > > more programmers are learning and using C++ than Ada.
> > >
> > > Cite references, please.  Otherwise you are propagating myth.
> >
> > It isn't necessary to cite an authority
> > when you can determine the truth of the statement
> > directly through observation.
>
> I consider it highly unprofessional to present as fact that which one
> cannot prove.
>
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This is a peculiar remark about a comment presented in
an Usenet newsgroup.  These are not necessarily regarded
as requiring professional status to post.

Also the comment of the number of C++ programmers as
compared to Ada programmers seems to be borne out by
a comparison of the number of media references and, in
my case, by general contact with various software
people.

Of course, there may be a problem in counting C++ programmers
as compared to general use of other versions of the C language
but Ada, as far as I can tell is being used primarily on large
software programs that have high requirements for reliability.
It does not seem to be in general use in commercial software.

The problem may well be that C++ is being used in a number
of places where Ada would be preferable, but that isn't the
point of this particular remark.

Mike Walsh