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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!att!ucbvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!sei.cmu.edu!dd From: dd@sei.cmu.edu (Dennis Doubleday) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada text for CS2 course Message-ID: <24000@as0c.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 12 Apr 91 17:23:54 GMT References: <5253@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> <1991Apr11.231425.29838@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov> Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University (Software Engineering Institute), Pgh, PA In-reply-to: spray@convex.com's message of 12 Apr 91 14:26:27 GMT List-Id: spray@convex.com (Rob Spray) writes: larryc@puente.jpl.nasa.gov (Larry Carroll) writes: >>I suggest Norman Cohen's _Ada as a Second Languange_ (despite the title's >>presumption of prior experience). ... > >If the title was Ada as a First Language, what language would >the book be written in? The title is not "Ada as a Second >Programming Language". >From the preface: "The book is entitled "Ada as a Second Language" because it is an introduction to the Ada programming language, but not an introduction to programming. We assume the reader is familiar with certain fundamental programming notions...The first language can be any statement-oriented high-level language. However, we pay particular attention to FORTRAN, PL/I, and Pascal." So he really DOES mean a second *programming* language. -- Dennis Doubleday (dd@sei.cmu.edu) _ /| Software Engineering Institute \'o.O' Carnegie Mellon University ACK! PTHFT! =(___)= Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (412)268-5873 U