Re: An Ada advocacy method

["Stephane Richard" <stephane.richard@verizon.net>]

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*hands Marin a papertowel (whipe yourself off man).*

but yeah a complete kit liek what you mention would be a good idea in my
mind too.

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"Marin David Condic" <nobody@noplace.com> wrote in message
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> You might also pull together a disk that includes Gnat, GtkAda, GPS, and
> a few other useful things and be ready to hand it off to a student that
> is curious. Give them an instant Ada Programming Environment and they
> might install it on their PC and start having fun.
>
> But then that would start up my usual rant about how there isn't a
> nicely integrated, all-in-one, just-open-the-box-and-use-it Ada
> Programming Kit. You've got all these disjointed pieces all over the
> place that are extremely loosely coupled and it really needs to be a
> whole, integrated package. (uh-oh! I'm foaming at the mouth again!)
>
> MDC
>
>
> Wes Groleau wrote:
> >
> >
> > Sure, but the class _is_ C++, and no amount
> > of Ada-awareness is going to get the C++ syntax
> > into their heads.  Help them pass the course,
> > and maybe someday they'll be able and willing
> > to choose something better.
> >
>
>
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