Re: Emb.Sys.Prog survey shows Ada being used negligibly

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In article <EMERY.93May25192529@dr_no.mitre.org> emery@dr_no.mitre.org (David E
mery) writes:

>The Service Academies exist
>to train individuals for a military career, and *not* for subsequent
>civilian employment, particularly in the engineering field.
>The Academies exist to train people to
>be military officers.  
>
>I see no reason for the Academies to *not* teach Ada as their primary
>language.  Arguments about Ada's relevance to the outside world are
>not germaine, and if the Academy C.S. faculties are using these
>arguments, then they need to be "braced" and brought back to their
>primary mission.

Amen!!  And, since it is no longer possible that an officer can complete
a career in the military without having to make informed decisions about
automation, at least one semester of computer science and one semester
of software engineering should be in core curriculum.

Laurence L. Van Dolsen - Der fliegender Hollander
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