Re: Popular Languages

From	"Ant" <not@home.today>
Newsgroups	comp.programming
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Subject	Re: Popular Languages
Date	2012-06-19 18:44 +0100
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"gremnebulin" wrote:

> On Jun 15, 9:29 am, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
>> adam79 writes:
>>> I'm looking to take a computer programming class. [...] Any
>>> suggestions on what path I should take would be greatly appreciated.

>> + Ada (parallel processing built in, but it is the programmer who has
>> to do the job of splitting up the program in tasks which can run in
>> parallel with each other).

> Been around forever, old fashioned, not suddenly going to become
> popular.

If you work on military or aerospace projects you'll likely need it.
It's an active language, last revised in 2005 I believe.

> You would be better off with modern PP languages like Scala.
> Or get to grips with threaded C++, which is nightmarish, but at least
> well paid.

See also Ada jobs for "well paid". In my opinion, all programmers
should should know C and at least some C++ - it's a basic thing like
learning to read and write. Much documentation and example code
assumes C knowledge.

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Popular Languages adam79 <79adam79@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 19:23 -0700
  Re: Popular Languages BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-11 21:56 -0500
    Re: Popular Languages adam79 <79adam79@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 21:39 -0700
      Re: Popular Languages adam79 <79adam79@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 21:45 -0700
    Re: Popular Languages gremnebulin <peterdjones@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-19 09:17 -0700
  Re: Popular Languages Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-06-12 10:25 +0100
    Re: Popular Languages adam79 <79adam79@gmail.com> - 2012-06-13 00:18 -0700
      Re: Popular Languages gremnebulin <peterdjones@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-19 09:19 -0700
  Re: Popular Languages Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> - 2012-06-15 10:29 +0200
    Re: Popular Languages gremnebulin <peterdjones@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-19 09:16 -0700
      Re: Popular Languages "Ant" <not@home.today> - 2012-06-19 18:44 +0100
        Re: Popular Languages Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> - 2012-06-20 09:06 +0200
        Re: Popular Languages gremnebulin <peterdjones@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-20 03:01 -0700
          Re: Popular Languages "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2012-06-20 12:18 +0200
            Re: Popular Languages gremnebulin <peterdjones@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-20 10:12 -0700
              Re: Popular Languages "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2012-06-20 20:59 +0200
                Re: Popular Languages gremnebulin <peterdjones@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-20 12:15 -0700
                Re: Popular Languages "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2012-06-20 22:53 +0200
                Re: Popular Languages gremnebulin <peterdjones@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-21 12:25 -0700
                Re: Popular Languages "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2012-06-21 22:30 +0200
                Re: Popular Languages gremnebulin <peterdjones@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-22 04:45 -0700
                Re: Popular Languages "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2012-06-22 14:18 +0200
                Re: Popular Languages Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201206.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2012-06-22 18:16 +0200
                Re: Popular Languages gremnebulin <peterdjones@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-23 11:07 -0700
                Re: Popular Languages blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2012-06-22 16:41 +0000
                Re: Popular Languages lordwilliams1972@gmail.com - 2012-07-11 09:28 -0700
                Re: Popular Languages "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-11 19:53 +0100
                Re: Popular Languages nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-07-13 04:09 -0700
                Re: Popular Languages "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-13 13:10 +0100
                Re: Popular Languages Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-07-18 04:27 -0700
                Re: Popular Languages Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-07-13 07:30 -0500
                Re: Popular Languages "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-13 20:03 +0100
                Re: Popular Languages "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-13 21:50 +0100
                Re: Popular Languages malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com - 2012-07-14 13:39 -0700
                Re: Popular Languages malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com - 2012-07-14 13:34 -0700
                Re: Popular Languages "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-14 22:43 +0100
                Re: Popular Languages "K.J. Williams" <lordwilliams1972@gmail.com> - 2012-07-19 19:30 -0700

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