Re: Ada for dummies needed.

["Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@NoSPAM.cogeco.ca>]

Jeffrey Carter wrote:

> Adrian Hoe wrote:
> 
>> That sounds very harsh and biased to a beginner (or dummy). Couldn't
>> you be humble and nice? Cheers :-)
> 
> I think it's a good thing that Ada is not for dummies. That may limit 
> its popularity, but it means that a person's attitude towards Ada may be 
> used as a discriminator.

I have to disagree with this. Isn't part of the idea to
encourage people to use Ada?  I don't think it need to become
a snobbish sort of fraternity/guild.

> Now if we can just arrange things so dummies are not allowed to make 
> language choices or create designs ...

Obviously, you don't want them to choose Ada either.

Your attitude just seems counter productive. Maybe I didn't
see the smileys.

Warren.