From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,cec04f9d45b3f527 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-29 05:52:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Stephane Richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3F4F4817.7030306@noplace.com> Subject: Re: An Ada advocacy method X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: <00I3b.12370$zL2.8102@nwrdny01.gnilink.net> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:52:12 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.149.81.172 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1062161532 141.149.81.172 (Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:52:12 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:52:12 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41941 Date: 2003-08-29T12:52:12+00:00 List-Id: *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. -- St�phane Richard Senior Software and Technology Supervisor http://www.totalweb-inc.com For all your hosting and related needs "Marin David Condic" wrote in message news:3F4F4817.7030306@noplace.com... > 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. > > > > > -- > ====================================================================== > Marin David Condic > I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ > My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ > > Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g > > "In general the art of government consists in taking as > much money as possible from one class of citizens to give > to the other." > > -- Voltaire > ====================================================================== >