Re: Languages Survey

[kvancamp@PICA-LCA.ARPA (Kenneth E. Van_Camp, LCWSL)]

Bebo White writes this about the languages survey conducted by Dave Godwin:

>I assume that this survey represents language usage over a wide range
>of computer manufacturers, including IBM. If that assumption is true
>and Pascal does enjoy the popularity that the survey indicates, then
>why is it not viewed as a strategic language by IBM?

I tend to question Dave's results, in terms of adequately representing
commercial users. Dave, would it be difficult to break those 74 locations
down into how many were connected to universities?  My own experience is
certainly not unbiased, but in my experience in DOD I've found a LOT more
Fortran programmers than Pascal. It's my feeling that the Pascal users seem
to be more concentrated at universities. I'd just like to mention one
observation, by the way. The copy I received of Dave's results (through
info-micro) was also forwarded to info-pascal and info-ada. Dave probably
doesn't know where his replies all originated from, but I think his request
may have reached more Pascal programmers by the nature of the way it was
distributed.

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