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=2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1c60ab26e5133199 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Alan Brain Subject: Re: Ada as a First Language Date: 1997/07/06 Message-ID: <33C06012.2DB1@dynamite.com.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 254960084 References: Organization: @Home Reply-To: aebrain@dynamite.com.au Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-07-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: RC wrote: > > Does any one have any opinions on whether Ada should be introduced as a > first programming language? The Australian Defence Force Academy uses Ada-95 as it's first language. It teaches rather well many important concepts that are less well approximated in the more popular and kludgy commercial languages such as C++. Being descended from Pascal, a teaching language, it does rather well. The only possible better language from a teaching viewpoint I am aware of would be BLUE, from the University of Sydney. BLUE does, however, have its own disadvantages. It's great for teaching, but not-so-good for any practical purpose. BTW I teach Ada-95 for CS1 at ADFA. -- aebrain@dynamite.com.au <> <> How doth the little Crocodile | Alan & Carmel Brain| xxxxx Improve his shining tail? | Canberra Australia | xxxxxHxHxxxxxx _MMMMMMMMM_MMMMMMMMM 100026.2014 compuserve o OO*O^^^^O*OO o oo oo oo oo By pulling MAERKLIN Wagons, in 1/220 Scale See http://www.z-world.com/graphics/z/master/8856.gif for picture