From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Why Ada for learning Data Structures (was: What good is Ada ???)
Date: 1997/01/04
Date: 1997-01-04T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1997Jan4.140137.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 32cf95b5.9781483@netnews2.worldnet.att.net
In article <32cf95b5.9781483@netnews2.worldnet.att.net>, p.chong@worldnet.att.net (Ah Chong) writes:
> I have to take Ada this quarter.
>
> It is actually Data Structures in Ada.
>
> But why learn Ada?
>
> Why not Java ?
What are the technical characteristics of Java which make you feel
it is a superior language to Ada for learning Data Structures ?
I trust you are not under the impression that the usefulness
of something for an educational purpose is directly related to
how many times it is mentioned in the press !
It sounds like you might be predisposed to learn Java on your own.
If so, it is better that those in charge at your school have chosen
some other language for the course, since it is generally agreed that
knowing a wide variety of languages better prepares you to understand
the strengths and weaknesses of each.
In the end, however, the choice of Ada for this particular course
was made by wiser folk than you, since you have chosen their school
as a source to enhance your own knowledge. If that was a mistake,
then you need to transfer schools. As an Ada fan, however, I urge
to wait until the end of the quarter to judge how well you learned
Data Structures.
Larry Kilgallen
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-01-04 0:00 What good is Ada ??? Ah Chong
1997-01-04 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
1997-01-04 0:00 ` Why Ada for learning Data Structures (was: What good is Ada ???) James Farr
1997-01-04 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1997-01-04 0:00 ` What good is Ada ??? john babrick
1997-01-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Mike Paley
1997-01-05 0:00 ` Eric B. Lemings
1997-01-07 0:00 ` WolfMtnRch
1997-01-07 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-01-10 0:00 ` Dale Pontius
1997-01-13 0:00 ` James O'Connor
1997-01-06 0:00 ` Brett M. Kettering
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Mike Paley
1997-01-06 0:00 ` Daniel P Hudson
1997-01-07 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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