[net.lang] how popular is Ada?

rjh@calmasd.UUCP (Bob Hofkin) (03/26/85)

Someone handed me a report that states:

	According to a recent article in _Electronics Week_, Ada
	is already the preferred language in almost all American
	universities.

I find this claim hard to swallow without evidence (the article isn't
cited).  How about a survey [by mail]?

In YOUR opinion, does the CS department of your university ...

	A) prefer Ada above all other programming languages
	B) view Ada as ONE of the preferred languages
	C) like Ada, but prefer other language(s)
	D) dislike Ada
	E) not care