Re: Dr Dobbs dismisses Ada

Ironically, I was an out of work engineer who got a job as a programmer
BECAUSE I know Ada!
A very cool job, too.

"cdm" <charlie.mccutcheon@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Just last week each and every computing student was sent an email with
>> an invitation to a meeting regarding a change from ada to java. The
>> proposal is to use java as our first language in 1st and 2nd year
>> courses instead of ada.
>
> While I love Ada a programming language, I'd be mad if I specialized in
> something at school and found very few jobs available for me when I
> graduated.
>
> The out of work programmers I know say you need very specific marketable
> skills to get a job nowadays.
>
> Sigh...
>
>


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