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From: nospam@nospam (John Black)
Subject: Re: ADA and Pascal SUCK, C,C++,
 and Java are the only languages you need!!
Date: 1997/10/29
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Date: 1997-10-29T07:40:30+00:00
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Shombe, I feel your pain.  I'm embroiled in a Comparative Programming
Language class where we have to program in Ada, and the thing is so
impossible, I'm lucky to even get it to compile, never mind Constraint
Errors.  And why bother sweating over a language that nobody uses!?
At least I know C++, and I can pick up Java relatively easily.
Knowing Ada and Pascal are almost as useful as knowing outer space
basket weaving.

"Shombe Kroll" <Shombe@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>Hello everyone, I hate to say it but my sentiments are with Mr. Black to a
>small degree.  My first programming class in college was in ADA and I found
>it very difficult to learn because of the lack of documentation and help
>aids for the language.  That  forced me to rely on my Professor for help
>which unfortunately was like pulling teeth.  The lack of being able to
>obtain outside sources from my local computer store ie : "ADA for Dummies"
>left me with a feeling of complete frustration while I spent the semester
>copying and reediting code from my fellow struggling classmates in order to
>pass the course.
>However, struggling with ADA did give me an appreciation for the process of
>writing source code, and I have found that the fundamentals that I learned
>with ADA are applicable to me as I learn C++.  <-- By the way this time I am
>writing my own code),