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From: bob@sdcsvax.UUCP (Robert Hofkin)
Newsgroups: net.lang,net.lang.ada
Subject: Ada in Universities
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Date: Tue, 9-Apr-85 11:43:45 EST
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Two weeks ago, I posted an "Ada popularity poll" to the Usenet groups
net.lang and net.lang.ada.  I had read a claim that "Ada is already the
preferred language in almost all American universities." Sixteen people
responded with an opinion of their university's CS department.  The
results were:

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

It was hard to classify a few votes as "dislike" or "don't use:"
there's overlap between the categories.  A few people thought the poll
should extend beyond CS departments.  If you didn't respond because you
don't "represent" a CS department, send me your opinion anyway.  If the
vote pattern changes significantly, I'll summarize again.  At this
point, I the "preferred language" claim looks like wishful thinking.

Thanks for your help.

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