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From: hbaker@netcom.com (Henry Baker)
Subject: How come so much traffic on comp.lang.ada??
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Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 01:14:03 GMT
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I've constantly been amazed by the volume of traffic on comp.lang.ada
relative to comp.lang.c and comp.lang.c++.  On many days the ratio is
about 1:3, meaning 1 Ada message for every 3 C messages or every 4 C++
messages.  I have a hard time believing that this is the same as the
ratio of the number of Ada programmers to C/C++ programmers.  (One
glance at computer selection at Barnes & Noble bookstore tells a
completely different story.)

I can only speculate on the reasons for this:

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).

etc.

Anyone else have any thoughts as to why this is?

(Other than because of stupid questions like this one :-) :-)