Re: How come so much traffic on

[Richard G. Hash <rgh@shell.com>]

> Henry Baker <hbaker@netcom.com> wrote:
> >I've constantly been amazed by the volume of traffic on comp.lang.ada
> >relative to comp.lang.c and comp.lang.c++.  ...

If I understand you right, you say there is a larger volume of traffic
on comp.lang.ada compared to comp.lang.c or comp.lang.c++?

Not, at least, from my newsreader, not on an average day. c.l.a usually
has around 40-50 posts (Monday is more), and comp.lang.c++ has around
150 or so. Since last June I've seen 5 times more c.l.c++ posts compared
to c.l.a (25513 vs. 5099).

That said, I have noticed, in the last 6 months or so, and *definite*
increase in Ada postings, due in most part (MHO) to a higher interest
level in Ada95. It's new, it's standarized, there's a free compiler
(and it's not as frustrating to work in as some other languages;-).
I think it's proof positive that people are interested.

Another poster has noted the signal/noise - I think it's probably true
the noise in c.l.a is less, but we certainly do get off track
sometimes, n'est ce pas?

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