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: 103376,54c513170bafd693 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Richard D Riehle Subject: Re: Desirability of C++ Date: 2000/05/07 Message-ID: <8f4lso$1mn$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 620406706 References: <390D001C.7433140B@netwood.net> <20000507071636.16841.00001779@ng-fz1.aol.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises X-Server-Date: 7 May 2000 21:06:32 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-05-07T21:06:32+00:00 List-Id: In article <20000507071636.16841.00001779@ng-fz1.aol.com>, anthonygair@aol.comremoveme (ANTHONY GAIR) wrote: > >It could be said that the C++ standard died very quickly indeed >Are ADA and linux a good combination :- >www.remotely.useful.com Wishful thinking, I suppose. C++ is not dead. Java is not dead. Ada is dead. Even COBOL and Fortran are not dead. I just got off the phone with yet another program manager who I found unpersuaded by the technological benefits of Ada for his project. "Even if Ada is better, it is easier for me to hire C++ programmers." He is convinced that Ada cannot be so much better that it is worth the risk and hassle of recruiting Ada programmers. He has his pick of graduates who already know C++. Why should he bother looking around for Ada programmers? As bad as C++ is, and I consider it pretty bad, the question of Ada is still one that has little to do with its benefits and everything to do with its popularity. A famous Rabbi is quoted as having said, "For those who believe in God, no proof is necessary. For those who do not, none is possible." People will make their choices based on reasons that have nothing to do with what is best or better. They will first make the choice and then create a carefully considered set of reasons to justify it. Richard Riehle richard@adaworks.com