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From: Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: The future of Ada
Date: 1999/03/12
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In article <36E86FC0.C8EBDC5A@hso.link.com>,
	"Stanley R. Allen" <s_allen@hso.link.com> wrote:

>Richard D Riehle wrote:
>> 
>>  There is another argument in favor of Ada that is beginning to
>>  manifest itself in organizations converting to C++: employee
>>  turnover.

>This is a morbid contention because it implies that Ada people are
>"stuck" at their jobs.  It's also not 100% valid, as our own Ada shop
>has sustained the loss of a number of our best Ada developers to *other*
>Ada shops which hire them for huge dollars.  A couple of years ago (it
>may still be true), good Ada programmers were getting tip-top dollars
>for contracting.

I love the use of "morbid" in your reply.  I agree that not all Ada 
programmers are not "stuck" at their jobs.  Even though my thesis
may be slightly exaggerated, or skewed because of my small sample
size, the phenonemon I described actually does occur.  

Richard Riehle
richard@adaworks.com
http://www.adaworks.com