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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9d3932ba981df019 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-08-31 15:59:17 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-east!supernews.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!assen.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: john@assen.demon.co.uk.nospam (John McCabe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada usage up? Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 22:57:36 GMT Message-ID: <39aeda86.16717637@news.demon.co.uk> References: <39ABB53E.E0F7B04A@mail.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: assen.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: assen.demon.co.uk:158.152.218.101 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 967762732 nnrp-12:12824 NO-IDENT assen.demon.co.uk:158.152.218.101 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:449 Date: 2000-08-31T22:57:36+00:00 List-Id: "Bobby D. Bryant" wrote: >An article on The Register >(http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12879.html) discusses an IT >skill-demand survey in the UK, and mentions in passing that demand for >Ada is up 44%, apparently with reference to last year's survey. (It >does not give enough information to judge whether this might be a >statistical fluke.) >From someone *in* the UK, there has recently been quite a few vacancies I've seen where Ada is mentioned as a 'useful', but not 'must have' skill. It is clear that a number of places are now considering Ada as a useful language to provide a good background in O-O, which should ease any cross-training into C++ and Java. There also appears to be an increase in demand for Ada in the financial markets in London where, in some areas as far as I can tell, VAX Pascal had a stronghold. Best Regards John McCabe