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Subject: Re: "C" vrs ADA
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In article <1065@vu-vlsi.UUCP> harman@vu-vlsi.UUCP writes:
>
>Hello, sorry to interrupt your regularly scheduled news articles, but I
>didn't know where else to turn...
>
>I am a senior EE student whose current career goal is to work in an aerospace
>and/or military research field.  To better my chances, I would like to 
>supplement my Fortran skills with another language.  "C" has been recommended
>to me many times, and I was just about to buy a manual when I started hearing 
>about ADA.

This message does not really belong in the "space" groups, please limit
the number of newsgroups you post to.

This is a dumb question, if you are really interested in learning about
EE and computers, etc., you should be interested in learning many
languages.  C is a good place to start, but any of the block structured
languages will do, and C is probably one of the most widespread.  I'm
sure you will eventually need to learn ADA to do the work you are planning.
I have not yet needed to use it, but I as I understand, it is pretty
complex, and probably not a good choice if you don't already know other
languages.  I better idea is to choose a language that is available to you
so you can learn by doing.

Gerry Gleason