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: 103376,21960280f1d61e84 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!newscon04.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!newsdst01.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr13.news.prodigy.net.POSTED!4988f22a!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <1169531612.200010.153120@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: How come Ada isn't more popular? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.134.135.166 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr13.news.prodigy.net 1169623092 ST000 70.134.135.166 (Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:18:12 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:18:12 EST Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: F[OQB\CEBZUWSSD[N[O@_WH@YR_B@EXLLBWLOOAFEQR@ETUCCNSKQFCY@TXDX_WHSVB]ZEJLSNY\^J[CUVSA_QLFC^RQHUPH[P[NRWCCMLSNPOD_ESALHUK@TDFUZHBLJ\XGKL^NXA\EVHSP[D_C^B_^JCX^W]CHBAX]POG@SSAZQ\LE[DCNMUPG_VSC@VJM Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:18:12 GMT Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:8459 Date: 2007-01-24T07:18:12+00:00 List-Id: "Jeffrey R. Carter" wrote in message news:fRtth.363405$1i1.178883@attbi_s72... > artifact.one@googlemail.com wrote: > > Most developers (98% in my experience) are coders. Coders like languages like > C that let them code. Then then enjoy spending more time debugging then they > did coding. > > The other 2% are SW engineers. They like languages like Ada. > > Obviously, C and its ilk are going to be more popular than Ada. > Fast-food joints are more popular than regular restaurants. Ada is the equivalent of a nourishing meal rather than a greasy burger. C++ is the equivalent of peanut-brittle. It tastes good at first, then it gets stuck in your teeth, and then it causes your molars to decay. Richard Riehle