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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Embedded Keynote Speaker Mentions Ada
Date: 17 Sep 2004 19:57:55 -0500
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In article <0hL2d.762$QB1.501@trndny02>, "stephane richard" <stephane.richard@verizon.net> writes:
> "Cesar Rabak" <crabak@acm.org> wrote in message
> news:414B6E62.9070402@acm.org...

>> If management allow them to use it in the actual project!

> Indeed, but what I don't understand is:
>
> 1. How and why is it so hard to make them understand that C or C++ are not
> necessarily the solution to their problem simply because of it's popularity.

Because there are mixed messages from programmers.

We can deride some programmers for favoring only that with which
they are familiar, but management cannot tell the motivations from
the facts.