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From: dweller@news.imagin.net (David Weller)
Subject: Re: C++ usage (was Re: ada and robots)
Date: 1997/06/26
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In article <867219575.393164@optional.cts.com>, Will Rose <cwr@cts.com> wrote:
>looking for an enormous success, but seek to avert major failure.  Since
>"everybody uses C++" it must be useable, and since "everbody uses C++"
>they won't be blamed for chosing it.  So "everybody uses C++".
>

Past: Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM [Fortran|COBOL|etc.]

Present: Nobody ever gets fired for choosing Microsoft [C++|Java|etc.]

The melody's the same,
but the lyrics keep changing :-)