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=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,18660da2464b3277 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-02 05:13:29 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!chsun!mlma11.matrix.ch!user From: Mats.Weber@matrix.ch (Mats Weber) Subject: Re: How come so much traffic on comp.lang.ada?? Message-ID: Sender: usenet@eunet.ch Organization: ELCA Matrix SA References: Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 13:13:29 GMT Date: 1995-02-02T13:13:29+00:00 List-Id: > 1. The Ada language itself is so complex that no one can understand it > without asking a lot of questions. > > 2. Ada people work on harder problems which require more consultation. > > 3. Usenet is getting only a fraction of the C and C++ questions -- the > Compu$erve and Airheads Online forums handle most of their questions. > > 4. Ada people are lonely, and talk to each other to cheer one another > up (ditto for comp.lang.lisp). 5. Ada gets the problems solved faster, which leaves some time for reading the news.