Re: "That's the way the market is going"

[dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)]

i<<Advocates of dropping Ada and moving to C++ often cite "That's the way the
market is going" as sufficient reason to do so, at least where I'm working.
How does one effectively rebut that?  These individuals concede the technical
superiority of Ada, and that there are life cycle benefits to Ada, especially
on weapon control systems, i.e., warfighting systems.  Yet, because the market
is going to C++, that is sufficient cause for us to now do the same.>>

Hmm! better move fast, if following the market is what motivates you, you
have to move fast, if you don't jump on the C++ bandwagon fast, you might
find that it is empty when you get there and everyone has jumped ship to
the Java bandwagon.

Of course if the market direction were really what calls the shots, you
should be writing all your software using Visual Basic, which far overwhelms
C in the market place!