> LR>I simply have never believed the market hype about C++ or any other
 > OOP's
 > LR>language having the benefit of 're-useable code' - even as desireous as
 > that
 > LR>certainly is.Yes this claim will benefit companies - until something
 > 'better
 > LR>comes along - like JAVA.  Now where does that 'reuseability benefit 
go'? 
 > In
 > 
 > Fads do come and go, and a lot of effort goes into changing a
 > program
 > from one fad language to the latest fad language.  With C++,
 > the future
 > porting effort is going to be quite a bit more than with
 > previous
 > languages.
Hi, Carey.  C++ a fad???  :) Or, is Java the fad??  In fact, can Java really 
"write it once and run anywhere"?  Will C++ become the Cobol of yesteryear?  
Will C++ contractors go for the Year 2000 Cobol and RPG jobs if the rates go 
from current rates of $45 - $55 for Cobol programmers (and C++ programmers - 
Cobol programmers are already making what C++ programmers make) to rates of 
$150 - $200/hour (or up to $400/hour by 4qtr '97 or 1st qtr of '98 as some 
think)?
 
If so what will happen to C++ and Java between now and the year 2003?
For that matter what will happen to all those business programs written in 
C/C++ since the early 1980's.  And what will happen to Oracle/Sybase ... and 
on and on.  
 
Unfortunately I have more questions then answers.  :)
 
One thing I am reasonably sure of - programmers are getting only half of what 
they were getting in 1985 - in buying power.
So whatever they are getting now, it should be twice what it is - just to 
have the same buying power as they did in 1985.  
 
So C++/Cobol/RPG programmers should be getting minimally $90 - $110/hour.  So 
far they haven't made and the corps grow richer of the programmers backs and 
sweat.  Maybe the year 2000 will change that.
 
Regards, -= Lou =-
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