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tom wrote:
> 
> First, Ada is cool.  Second, you now have to convince several million
> C++ programmers, professors, students and managers that C++ really
> does look like gibberish, is hard to maintain and filled with goofy
> rules that are more annoying than productive.  Too bad the US market
> is driven by advertisements and not effectiveness!

US is not alone. Everywhere.