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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,40f73f60d2dd9ea0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsread.com!news-xfer.newsread.com!news-feed01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net!nntp.frontiernet.net!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsmst01b.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr21.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!4988f22a!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Ada Jobs X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.164.119.8 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr21.news.prodigy.com 1122271722 ST000 64.164.119.8 (Mon, 25 Jul 2005 02:08:42 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 02:08:42 EDT Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: FKPO@MC@OHV[RVT[AROR__TDFZ\@@FXLM@TDOCQDJ@_@FNHCYFWUQBKZQLYJX\_ITFD_KFVLUN[DOM_A_NSYNWPFWNS[XV\I]PZ@BQ[@CDQDPCL^FKCBIPC@KLGEZEFNMDYMKHRL_YYYGDSSODXYN@[\BK[LVTWI@AXGQCOA_SAH@TPD^\AL\RLGRFWEARBM Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 06:08:42 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3746 Date: 2005-07-25T06:08:42+00:00 List-Id: "Jeffrey Carter" wrote in message news:CWiDe.5621$dU3.673@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > To be more precise, a search on Dice turns up 3 listings in NJ. I didn't > look at the details. In practice, you'll see a lot of "C++, Ada a plus" > listings. I don't know what that means, but it may mean they're > injecting errors into perfectly good systems by rewriting them in C++. > It should be a crime to take such a job. But 1/3 or more of the listings > are usually real Ada jobs. > I recently had an invitation to apply for a job converting Ada to C++. I wrote back and told them that I refused to even consider a job that was based on such supreme stupidity. Richard Riehle