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_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fdb77,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 10261c,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10c950,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c950,public From: Steve Ropa Subject: Re: ADA and Pascal SUCK, C,C++, and Java are the only languages you need!! Date: 1997/10/31 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 286284541 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <345673af.1413708@news.mindspring.com> <3456b9f3.0@news.eznet.net> <3456e71b.3833189@news.mindspring.com> <63d5u3$tve$1@helios.crest.nt.com> Organization: Dimensional Communications Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.lang.pascal.ansi-iso,comp.lang.pascal.misc Date: 1997-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On 31 Oct 1997, Kaz Kylheku wrote: > In article <3456e71b.3833189@news.mindspring.com>, > John Black wrote: > >Then why do the want ads for C, C++ programmers could stretch from > >here to the moon, while Ada/Pascal programmers are nonexistent? Like > >I said, if you program in Ada or Pascal, your best job is going to be > >taking orders at Red Lobster. > > I see advertisements for development jobs involving Ada quite frequently. > They are usually good jobs too! > > Most of the C++ programming jobs are ones that you wouldn't want to do. > Like developing some boring user interface crap to some dull database. > Ho hum. > > Incidentally, there are lots of jobs out there for COBOL, PL/I and RPG > programming under MVS or AS/400. I guess that must really be ``happening''! > -- Don't fall into the John Black trap of overgeneralizing! I am a C++ developer and when I was looking at jobs I saw a wide and varied interesting and, yes, _REAL_ development jobs for C++. I have used it for telecommunications networks(long distance switching, etc...) and satellite systems. Call me a foolish optimist, but I think there are enough interesting jobs out there for all of us, in many different languages. But just in case, let me practice..."You want some fries to go with that?" :-) Steve