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: 103376,18660da2464b3277 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-01 15:26:42 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!wizard.pn.com!satisfied.elf.com!news.mathworks.com!hookup!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!Starbase.NeoSoft.COM!not-for-mail From: dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How come so much traffic on comp.lang.ada?? Date: 1 Feb 1995 17:26:42 -0600 Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 684 5969 Message-ID: <3gp5bi$jm1@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: starbase.neosoft.com Date: 1995-02-01T17:26:42-06:00 List-Id: In article , David Emery wrote: >the language should be used. By now users of other languages have >settled on 'style' issue. But I seem to remember similar large >discussions in the early days of comp.lang.c++. > True. In fact (IMHO), about 50% of the traffic on comp.lang.c++ seems to be discussions about: Which is better: Borland, Microsoft, GNU, or Watcom C++? IMHO, again, the signal to noise ratio is higher on the c++ newsgroup. -- Frustrated with C, C++, Pascal, Fortran? Ada95 _might_ be for you! For all sorts of interesting Ada95 tidbits, run the command: "finger dweller@starbase.neosoft.com | more" (or e-mail with "finger" as subj.)