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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fdb77,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 10c950,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c950,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 10261c,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public From: kaz@helios.crest.nt.com (Kaz Kylheku) Subject: Re: ADA and Pascal SUCK, C,C++, and Java are the only languages you need!! Date: 1997/10/31 Message-ID: <63d5u3$tve$1@helios.crest.nt.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 286222936 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <345673af.1413708@news.mindspring.com> <3456b9f3.0@news.eznet.net> <3456e71b.3833189@news.mindspring.com> Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.lang.pascal.ansi-iso,comp.lang.pascal.misc Date: 1997-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <3456e71b.3833189@news.mindspring.com>, John Black wrote: >Then why do the want ads for C, C++ programmers could stretch from >here to the moon, while Ada/Pascal programmers are nonexistent? Like >I said, if you program in Ada or Pascal, your best job is going to be >taking orders at Red Lobster. I see advertisements for development jobs involving Ada quite frequently. They are usually good jobs too! Most of the C++ programming jobs are ones that you wouldn't want to do. Like developing some boring user interface crap to some dull database. Ho hum. Incidentally, there are lots of jobs out there for COBOL, PL/I and RPG programming under MVS or AS/400. I guess that must really be ``happening''! -- "In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt." -- Blair P. Houghton