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: 103376,c78177ec2e61f4ac X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: cwr@cts.com (Will Rose) Subject: Re: C++ usage (was Re: ada and robots) Date: 1997/06/25 Message-ID: <867219575.393164@optional.cts.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 252406851 Distribution: world Cache-Post-Path: optional.cts.com!cwr@crash-i2.cts.com References: Organization: CTS Network Services (CTSNET), San Diego, CA Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-06-25T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Jon S Anthony (jsa@alexandria.organon.com) wrote: [...] : Simply that there are even simple management/economic reasons why C++ : is not a rational choice. The really odd thing is that IME I've seen : people actually admit this was true (that an alternative would : actually make more sense all around), but then choose C++ anyway : "because that is what is being used in the industry". That's : basically irrational. No, it's not - it's a reasonable risk-aversive strategy. They aren't looking for an enormous success, but seek to avert major failure. Since "everybody uses C++" it must be useable, and since "everbody uses C++" they won't be blamed for chosing it. So "everybody uses C++". (You can change C++ to 'Microsoft NT' in the above paragraph, and still a correct statement. The current popularity of Java is probably fashion, a slightly different force, but in a year or two Java will probably also be received wisdom.) Will cwr@crash.cts.com