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From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: US-MN-Mpls >>> Ada Software Engineers <<<
Date: 1999/02/12
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In article <79urm0$f1o@drn.newsguy.com>,
  kevin@nospamworld.com wrote:
> In article <36C2E425.D4A791E9@hercii.mar.lmco.com>, Jerry
> says...
> It is more than a guess. It is based on a small sampling
> I agree, but it is the same small sample used for C++
> also.

It's amazing what muddled thinking people have on such
statistic issues.

If you take a very small sample, which is almost certainly
not representative, and then extend an observation, which
even if the sample were representative would have limited
confidence, to a universal statement, then of *course*
it is a guess!

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