Re: Where is the elusive jump command?

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

Ken Garlington wrote:
> That's fair, but if you're just exploring how the syntax works, that's
> orthogonal to program design issues. When learning Java, I had to
> write tiny, uncommented, unreadable programs to test my understanding
> of how certain language features worked. I didn't worry about readability
> since I knew I was going to throw the thing away right after it started
> working. That doesn't mean I didn't also look at how Java classes,
> interfaces, etc. can be used to address program design issues.

Consider also that if we say to a newbie "Before you can use Ada, you
have to change your entire way of thinking about programming" we will
end up chasing them away. I think the message should be: "Go ahead. Ada
will allow you to do what you've always done, but it will be much easier
for you if you don't fight the language and learn to work with it the
way it was intended." So let's be willing to show them how to write a
goto, grab pointers to everything in sight, terminate strings with
nulls, etc., all the while trying to convince them that there is a
better, easier way.

MDC
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