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 References: <669@unicads.UUCP> Reply-To: dlw@odi.com Organization: Object Design, Inc. Lines: 14 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.