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From: kevin.cline@gmail.com (Kevin Cline)
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Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request
Date: 12 Sep 2004 23:06:09 -0700
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Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> wrote in message news:<1153993.mxNGp3fqa3@linux1.krischik.com>...

> The hole mentality of C/C++ programmers is just different. They spend so
> much time with the a debugger they don't have time to read standards.

I have read the C++ standard almost entirely.  But it's true,
aficionados
of niche languages are better read than the average developer. 
Average developers learn about one language in school, usually the
most popular language of the time.  Then they find a position working
in that language, and don't learn another until forced to by the
market.  Great developers know a lot of languages, and pick one
appropriate for the job.  Still, not many of them seem to be picking
Ada.