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_40,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!ukma!ra!uvaarpa!vger.nsu.edu!g_harrison From: g_harrison@vger.nsu.edu (George C. Harrison, Norfolk State University) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How should DoD further Ada education? Message-ID: <1034.2844a1f5@vger.nsu.edu> Date: 30 May 91 10:55:48 GMT References: <0D010010.mqixud@brain.UUCP> List-Id: In article <0D010010.mqixud@brain.UUCP>, chuck@brain.UUCP (Chuck Shotton) writes: > In article <2289@aldebaran.cs.nps.navy.mil>, > schweige@aldebaran.cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger) writes: >> >> 3. How do we expand the number of Ada-literate people coming out of the >> universities? >> >> > Simple, stop teaching Pascal as a first language and use Ada. I can' believe > how many university curricula still rely on Pascal as a teaching language. > Is this because the professors themselves aren't Ada-literate? Maybe this > is where the first thrust should be... > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chuck Shotton Internet: cshotton@girch1.med.uth.tmc.edu We teach Pascal as the core language because of its general availability. It is was not for Borland we'd probably still have $250 (randomly chosen high price) as the low price for Pascal. Ada is not the language-of-choice at most universities for your reason too. But you can add - availability of compilers - choice of several great text books - publisher assumptions about the desires of faculty - etc. I also would suggest that DoD sponsor in-house workshops on Ada (perhaps in May and June) to faculty in many departments at universities. That includes MIS, Computer Science, *** Engineering, Mathematics, etc. This could also be accomplished at a relatively low cost. George C. Harrison, Professor of Computer Science Norfolk State University, 2401 Corprew Avenue, Norfolk VA 23504 Internet: g_harrison@vger.nsu.edu Phone: 804-683-8654