Re: Suggestions for topics in an Ada course?

[Hyman Rosen <hyman.rosen@gmail.com>]

On Nov 12, 12:38 pm, <adawo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> "Hyman Rosen" <hyman.ro...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > Ada's type safety, modules, and visibilty rules are not all that
> > different from those in languages like C++ or Java.
>
> Granted, someone could write readable C++ code

You missed my point. In this posting, I wasn't making any claims for C+
+'s superiority. I was saying that languages like C++ and Java have
their own versions of visibility issues and type safety, and so any
modern programmer will be familiar with those concepts.

The OP said "Those students who have a strong dislike for software
engineering principles are the least likely to appreciate Ada." Even
if Ada has differences in the way it handles pointers, visibility, and
type safety, I find it difficult to attribute a student's dislike of
Ada to a dislike of software engineering principles. How are these
principles embodied in Ada such that they would be so foreign and
hateful to programmers in other languages? What is it that someone who
hates software engineering principles can do in Java that cannot be
done in Ada?

That's why I would like to hear from the students themselves.