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Subject: Re: How come so much traffic on comp.lang.ada??
Date: 1 Feb 1995 01:27:07 GMT
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>   tmoran@bix.com writes:
>  hbaker@netcom.com (Henry G. Baker) wrote:
>  > I've constantly been amazed by the volume of traffic on comp.lang.ada
>  > relative to comp.lang.c and comp.lang.c++.
>  > ....
>  > I have a hard time believing that this is the same as the
>  > ratio of the number of Ada programmers to C/C++ programmers.  (One
>  > glance at computer selection at Barnes & Noble bookstore tells a
>  > completely different story.)
>  
>  Perhaps there are many people trying to teach themselves C/C++ in
>  hopes of changing to a high paying career in computer programming.
>  
>>>>
If that's the case, they better stick with Ada - C programmers are a dime a dozen.