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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-02 08:31:11 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!news.eunet.fi!KremlSun!sensor!skfgvc!skfgvc!not-for-mail From: amm@skfgvc.pyatigorsk.su (Akopov Mikhail) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Followup-To: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object Date: 2 Dec 1994 18:18:36 +0300 Organization: NorthCaucasian Branch of JSC "GVC Energetiky",Pyatigorsk,Russia Message-ID: <3bndsc$jlq@harpy.skfgvc.pyatigorsk.su> References: <1994Nov29.154220.27952@cognos.com> <3bidce$a83@borage.csv.warwick.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: harpy.skfgvc.pyatigorsk.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: bga.com comp.lang.ada:8186 comp.lang.c:33007 comp.programming:5568 comp.lang.c++:39270 comp.object:9321 Date: 1994-12-02T18:18:36+03:00 List-Id: Jules (csusb@csv.warwick.ac.uk) wrote: J>Converting to C++ is astoundingly difficult if you want to do it well. See the J>thread on learning OOP for more details. J>Not retraining someone to use a different language to the one they learnt J>at university seems like the cheaper option to me. Note there are not only university graduators but programmers who works already for some years too. C++ gives them the chance to smooth derivating to OOP _not_stopping_their_work_. Isn't it important?[H 'Best is the enemy of good'. Vale! -Michael Akopov