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From: milod@netcom.com (John DiCamillo)
Subject: Re: Choosing C++ instead of Ada
Date: 1996/10/25
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amd001@its.maynick.com.au (Andrew Dunstan) writes:
>William Clodius (wclodius@lanl.gov) wrote:
>: Still I suspect that any reasonable person would agree that the number
>: of Ada vendors is significantly less thatn the number of C++ vendors.

>The number of smart people is significantly less than the number of
>not so smart people. So we should use not so smart programmers because
>there are lots of tools around for fixing their mistakes, right?

>Or am I missing something here? :-)

Yes.  You forget that a "bell curve" has two tails.  The number of
really really stupid people is also much less than the number of
average people.  So this must be why there are only a few companies
that cater to them. :-)

GDR (Grinning, Ducking, and Running)

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