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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-07 18:13:11 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!gatech!darwin.sura.net!wvnvms!un033144 From: un033144@wvnvms.wvnet.edu Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada as intro language Message-ID: <1994Dec7.152542.12333@wvnvms> Date: 7 Dec 94 15:25:42 EST References: <1994Nov29.154220.27952@cognos.com> <3bidce$a83@borage.csv.warwick.ac.uk> <1994Dec7.151830.12332@wvnvms> Organization: West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing Date: 1994-12-07T15:25:42-05:00 List-Id: In article <1994Dec7.151830.12332@wvnvms>, un033144@wvnvms.wvnet.edu writes: > In article <3bidce$a83@borage.csv.warwick.ac.uk>, csusb@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Jules) writes: >> Oh come off it, nobody teaches BASIC anymore, do they? >> Oh, and how many of them are teaching Ada now? Quite a lot I believe. As >> a large proportion of those graduates know Ada, doesn't it make sense to >> use it? > > Well, I'm an undergraduate at West Virginia University, and Ada is the > intro language that is taught here. > > As far as other schools that teach Ada as there intro language, I don't > remember the exact number, but I think I heard that it's somewhere under 20. > > Well, I have egg on my face.... That figure is way off base... I'll have to check my sources more closely next time..