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From: jmrayas@misr-fsw.jpl.nasa.gov
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Subject: Teaching Ada
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 94 16:44:38 PDT
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 Hello everyone.

 Recently I was asked by a local college to teach an introductory Ada
programming course (I gladly accepted the offer). I have been developing
real-time systems in Ada for almost 10 years now, and have enjoyed working
with the language tremendously. I would like to leave a good impresion of the
language to these students as well. 

 I found some good info in the FAQ regarding text books and inexpensive 
compilers, but if anybody has any additional information or experiences
about teaching Ada I would like to hear them. I'm particulary interested in
hearing about language features that should/should not be taught at a freshemen
level, complexity of programming assignments, prices of PC-based
compilers, etc.

 You can e-mail me at jmrayas@misr-fsw.jpl.nasa.gov

 Any info will be greatly appreciated.

 Thanks in advance.
 --
 Juan Rayas
 Flight Software Engineer
 Jet Propulsion Laboratory