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- From: tuishimi@aol.com (Tuishimi)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
- Date: 17 Feb 1996 12:55:49 -0500
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-
- >take into account that a programmer who says he knows C/C++ is generally
- >lying, but one who says he knows Ada is generally honest. this means
- that
- >you need to get *many* applicants for C/C++ jobs to find one you can
- hire.
-
- That is a terrible thing to say!!! And how can you back this statement?
-
- Besides, when someone is being interviewed, the interviewer should have
- questions ready to determine the level of competence of the interviewee
- for whatever the position and the requirements thereof. I like to think
- that people
- don't lie (entirely) about what they know on their resumes. Tho' if what
- you mean
- to say is that there are not many people who are intimately knowledgeable
- of
- C++, then I might agree.
-
- Mike
-