Re: Forget about ada and start learning something like java ,visual basic and c++

["Marin D. Condic" <mcondic-nospam@quadruscorp.com>]

Kent Paul Dolan wrote:
> 
> You know, between trolling for a religious war in favor of children's
> programming languages, and insulting more than half your audience, you
> sure do know how to carry an argument right from the initial posting.
> 
It's almost not worth the bits to address the people who post the "why
should I bother learning Ada..." messages, Kent. Except for the fact
that perhaps someone else may be listening and be persuaded. A student
who asks this sort of question is probably also asking "Why should I
learn History, Geography and English Grammar since it won't get me a
job?" Clearly they don't understand the difference between Education and
Training.

What disturbs me are the students with so little imagination that they
can't see themselves working as a positive force to bring about change.
Sure, the world is currently enamoured with Java right now. But Java
didn't always exist and won't always be the popular thing. If Ada is
superior in many domains (and I believe it is), then the mission should
be to go forth and "make it so"! The message we should promote is to
learn the language because it teaches valuable concepts that work
everywhere. Having learned it, the message should be to use what
influence you have to promote its use where it makes sense.

I'd like to encourage the students who are willing to open their minds a
little to learn Ada because it is a good thing and then contribute to
making it more successful. Who knows? Maybe some of them will gang up
and use their brains to develop some of the spiffy tools that will help
to make it more popular? They might even invent something that enables
them to turn it into a full time job. They might even make a fortune
along the way. It has happened before.

MDC
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