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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,a498aa1404ef5d87 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: John McCabe Subject: Re: Why C++ is successful Date: 1998/07/29 Message-ID: <6pnhf6$car@gcsin3.geccs.gecm.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 376036259 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <35AE4621.2EBC7F6A@eiffel.com> <6p83vj$657$1@news.intellistor.com> <35B79E7D.6068DCDF@eiffel.com> <6pg7fg$qhi$1@news.interlog.com> <901533851.20058.0.nnrp-04.9e980ba3@news.demon.co.uk> <35be2a94.57352308@netnews.msn.com> <6plvgl$eaf$1@news-1.news.gte.net> <35bebe5f.95187031@netnews.msn.com> <6pn9af$hqd$1@uuneo.neosoft.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Avatar Computer Consultants Limited Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-07-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Brian Rogoff wrote: >This isn't meant as a disagreement with Pat Rogers. I actually like Ada >and think it is worth knowing, just that if you want to stretch your mind >and are not solely interested in getting a job using some particular >language, it might be worth it to you to consider a wider range. Alternatively, if you want to earn lots of money from a dead language, learn Occam and move to the UK as a software contractor. I've had a few calls about Occam jobs, there are a few legacy apps out there that can't move away from Occam, but I'm not prepared to risk it. -- Best Regards John McCabe ===================================================================== Not necessarily my company or service providers opinions. =====================================================================