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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1014db,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Chris Lomont Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada? Date: 1997/04/14 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 234942964 References: <5ih6i9$oct$1@waldorf.csc.calpoly.edu> <5il225$8e3$9@halon.vggas.com> <33507CAC.5B9E@aonix.com> Organization: Purdue University Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-04-14T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On Sat, 12 Apr 1997, Dave Wood wrote: > Steve Summit wrote: > > > > I'm always pleasantly surprised to see a C compiler in a computer > > store, or a C book in a general bookstore, but I wouldn't blame > > either of these stores for not carrying C titles (let alone Ada), > > because they're not exactly mass-market. > > Indeed, CompUSA and their ilk will carry *anything* so long > as the supplier is willing to be extorted into buying > shelf space away from products from Microsoft and other > quasi-monopolies. > Where does this nonsense idea come from? Most retail stores stock what sells, whether it's from Microsoft or from HomeBoys Software. Why would CompUSA care where the product comes from, if it sells? Can you state any facts along these lines? Chris Lomont