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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3885b7fd66a1db28 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-24 01:45:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!news1.optus.net.au!optus!spool01.syd.optusnet.com.au!spool.optusnet.com.au!not-for-mail From: faust Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming? Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 20:43:01 -0800 Organization: Cthulhu Fthagn Reply-To: The Elder Gods Message-ID: <1ndi0v4klkht639aqec7al682l3ks1pgjf@4ax.com> References: <15FN9.2313$c6.2612@bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.92/32.572 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.49.81.163 X-Trace: 1040722950 22505 210.49.81.163 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32274 Date: 2002-12-24T20:43:01-08:00 List-Id: >it would start a silly flame war. (Didn't Dijkstra's also say teaching >BASIC should require a prison sentence? Or was that some other >language? ""The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense." Edsger Dijkstra " >One should learn *many* programming languages, if one is serious about >programming. But one should not start with BASIC (or C, or assembly). I plan to teach my 12 year old son to program. I am vacillating between Ada and Scheme. I'll probably go with Scheme since there is an excellent and powerful free envirnoment for it ( Dr Scheme ) -------------------------------------------------------- Come see, real flowers of this pain-filled world. (from Basho)