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_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6c434e6fc0d3ab95 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen) Subject: Why Ada for learning Data Structures (was: What good is Ada ???) Date: 1997/01/04 Message-ID: <1997Jan4.140137.1@eisner>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 207725001 x-nntp-posting-host: eisner.decus.org references: <32cf95b5.9781483@netnews2.worldnet.att.net> x-nntp-posting-user: KILGALLEN x-trace: 852404577/2327 organization: LJK Software newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-01-04T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: 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