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From: s0222353@moncol.monmouth.edu (DEAN RUNZEL)
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Subject: Re: How come so much traffic on comp.lang.ada??
Date: 8 Feb 1995 02:53:44 GMT
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: hbaker@netcom.com (Henry 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++.  On many days the ratio is

: > 4.  Ada people are lonely, and talk to each other to cheer one another
: > up (ditto for comp.lang.lisp).
: > 

Actually,

1. Ada is only used by government employees, government contractors and
   university professors and we all know how much "free" time members of
   these groups have available to them.

This has to be #1 on the top ten list.

:-)

Dean R. Runzel