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: 103376,54c513170bafd693 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Michael P. Walsh" Subject: Re: Desirability of C++ Date: 2000/05/01 Message-ID: <390DFAF3.325601ED@pacbell.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 618012188 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <01HW.B4BFC2820005B06B08A24140@news.pacbell.net> <01HW.B4C1346100072D2408A24140@news.pacbell.net> <949867976.281549@the-rowan.albatross.co.nz> <8766v93w66.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> <38E8C81A.AA62CF4C@HiWAAY.net> <7EA1B852F5D4D8C6.26EEE9181C80F0DF.0161EA2D9C353253@lp.airnews.net> <01HW.B51C1B6E00F41C2D04BB51B0@news.pacbell.net> <38F796B2.A99A206A@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <38F7A27A.4F7729FA@raytheon.com> <8eclae$afj$1@slb7.atl.mindspring.net> <4F706057FEE2A550.BF5FE19AE279EFCD.A55706B3F9D07043@lp.airnews.net> <8eiv08$820$1@slb1.atl.mindspring.net> <390D001C.7433140B@netwood.net> <390D58F9.7CC64B85@maths.unine.ch> <390D97DC.241E7CCD@netwood.net> <390D9E0C.9C28DAD6@netwood.net> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: news.pacbell.net 957217560 206.170.218.1 (Mon, 01 May 2000 14:46:00 PDT) Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 14:46:00 PDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Pat Rogers wrote: > "E. Robert Tisdale" 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. > > -- > Pat Rogers Consulting and Training in: > http://www.classwide.com Deadline Schedulability Analysis > progers@classwide.com Software Fault Tolerance > (281)648-3165 Real-Time/OO Languages 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