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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!elephant.cis.ohio-state.edu!weide From: weide@elephant.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bruce Weide) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Ada compilers, resources, books in education? Message-ID: <118917@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 9 May 91 17:52:49 GMT References: <1991May9.080740.6534@netcom.COM> <9105091625.AA11977@enuxha.eas.asu.edu> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: comp.lang.ada Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Computer and Information Science List-Id: In article <9105091625.AA11977@enuxha.eas.asu.edu> koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Harry Koehnemann) writes: > >It's not just that, it's also resources. It been discussed here to put >Ada as the beginning language, but what are the consequences of doing >so. A university can get a site license for pretty cheap. However, >compile 15 C programs concurrently and then 15 Ada versions for >equivalent programs and you'll see the magnitude of the problem. > Another impediment is an appropriate textbook. What books have people found useful in teaching Ada, either to beginning or almost-beginning students? Among other things, I'm thinking of books that don't try to teach the whole language but that do justice to the most important constructs. -Bruce