Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!odi!dlw
From: dlw@odi.com (Dan Weinreb)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: acceptance of C++
Message-ID: <1989Sep30.071140.7254@odi.com>
Date: 30 Sep 89 07:11:40 GMT
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Organization: Object Design, Inc.
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In-Reply-To: ken@unicads.UUCP's message of 29 Sep 89 18:41:52 GMT

Regarding convincing your CEO: at the OOPSLA last year, at the C++
birds-of-a-feather session, we got estimates from all the C++ vendors
and distributors of how many units they have sold.  Perhaps the same
poll can be taken again this year.

Of course, you can always tell him that Apollo has been selling C++
for some time, Sun has announced it, Apple is (I think) alread
shipping it for the Mac as part of MPW (or they will be soon), and
Microsoft has announced that they'll be providing a C++ product.
We also heard at OOPSLA last year that Mentor Graphics decided to
write all new code in C++ from now on.  Perhaps famous names like
that will make a soothing impression.

Dan Weinreb		dlw@odi.com		Object Design, Inc.