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From: "Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" <nospam@gsg.eds.com>
Subject: Re: Ada as a First Language
Date: 1997/07/07
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Date: 1997-07-07T00:00:00+00:00
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RC wrote:
> 
> Does any one have any opinions on whether Ada should be introduced as a
> first programming language?

While my preference is PL/I, I see no reason why Ada could not be taught
as a
first language, given proper instructional materials. It would not,
IMHO, be appropriate to cvoer the entire language in an introductory
course.

-- 

                        Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
                        Senior Software SE

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