Re: Increased Interest In Ada?

[Jerry Petrey <"jdpetrey<NOSPAM>"@west.raytheon.com>]

Stephen Leake wrote:
> 
> "Jeffrey D. Cherry" <jdcherry@utech.net> writes:
> 
> > As a part-time instructor, I teach Ada (and other languages) at the local
> > community college for both CS1 and CS2 courses.  My syllabus for each of
> > the Ada courses strongly recommends that students check out Ada resources
> > on the Internet, starting with AdaPower and CLA.  The one thing I restrict
> > students from doing is asking for help on their homework in CLA.  That's
> > my job.  The other computer science instructor has a similar policy and
> > even assigns homework requiring students to summarize a recent Internet
> > article, discussion thread, etc.
> >
> > <snip lots of good stuff>
> 
> As an Ada enthusiast, but more importantly as a software engineer who
> would like to work with well trained software engineers, I thank you
> for your efforts.
> 
> Keep up the good work; the world will be a better place for it!
> 
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Jeffrey D. Cherry
> > Senior IV&V Analyst
> > Logicon Operations and Services
> > Logicon Inc.
> > a Northrop Grumman company
> 
> --
> -- Stephen Leake, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.


I second that.  Jeffrey, your work is definitely appreciated.  I hope
some
of your former students end up here.  We are always looking for good
software engineers and I especially like those with an Ada background. 
More
and more of our programs are being pushed towards C++ because so many
managers think Ada is dead and are too ignorant to see the benefits.  I
think
it is people like you who can make a difference.

Best wishes,

Jerry
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