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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,18660da2464b3277 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-07 10:29:19 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!gw1.att.com!fnnews.fnal.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!adam.cc.sunysb.edu!psinntp!psinntp!shellgate!camo!rgh From: Richard G. Hash Subject: Re: How come so much traffic on comp.lang.ada?? Message-ID: Sender: usenet@shellgate.shell.com (USENET News System) Reply-To: rgh@shell.com Organization: Shell Bellaire Research Center References: <3gp75m$mge@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 18:29:19 GMT Date: 1995-02-07T18:29:19+00:00 List-Id: > Henry Baker 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? -- Richard G. Hash email: rgh@shell.com Shell Development Company, Bellaire Research Center phone: (713) 245-7311 Member Team Ada Free Ada95 compilers: cs.nyu.edu:/pub/gnat Distributed, Full-OO, Multithreading, all built in. And it's free.