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=2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!weyrich!orville From: orville@weyrich.UUCP (Orville R. Weyrich) Subject: Re: How should DoD further Ada education? Message-ID: <1991May30.094327.738@weyrich.UUCP> Reply-To: orville@weyrich.UUCP (Orville R. Weyrich) Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting References: <0D010010.mqixud@brain.UUCP> Date: Thu, 30 May 91 09:43:27 GMT List-Id: In article <0D010010.mqixud@brain.UUCP> chuck@brain.UUCP 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... When I taught at the University of Georgia (Athens), the first language course was taught on 8088 machines with 640K of memory and 2-360K floppies. The students were required to purchase their OWN copy of Turbo Pascal. I know of no Ada compiler that is viable in such an environment. -------------------------------------- ****************************** Orville R. Weyrich, Jr., Ph.D. Certified Systems Professional Internet: orville%weyrich@uunet.uu.net Weyrich Computer Consulting Voice: (602) 391-0821 POB 5782, Scottsdale, AZ 85261 Fax: (602) 391-0023 (Yes! I'm available) -------------------------------------- ******************************