Re: Open Systems closed to Ada?

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In article <1992Dec1.021017.23228@fcom.cc.utah.edu> val@news.ccutah.edu (Val Ka
rtchner) writes:
>: In article <1992Nov30.215944.17819@fcom.cc.utah.edu> I wrote:
>: I have spent my professional career in the defense community.  Of the other
>: programmers that I personally know, only 25% prefer Ada over any other
>: language.  I know of no programmers in the commercial sector who would
>: prefer to program in Ada.
>
>Perhaps I should have phrased it as "Personally, I know of no programmers...."
>By "personally" I mean people that I have met face-to-face, and by "know" I
>mean that I know what they are doing now (as in current employment) as far
>as languages and their programming preferences.

The trouble with personal experiences is that they're all different. I know
of some C++ programmers who used Ada for a project and are now "Ada
converts". You know some C++ programmers who don't like Ada. I know some who
do. My example is just as valid as yours, and just as meaningless.

>|== "I think, therefore I AMiga" -- val@csulx.weber.edu ==\///= Ogden UT USA =
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Mat

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