From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,cec20777e0d41ea0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-13 07:17:00 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!4.1.16.34!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3A894F5B.85D22852@west.raytheon.com> From: Jerry Petrey <"jdpetrey"@west.raytheon.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en]C-CCK-MCD CSC;Raytheon (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Increased Interest In Ada? References: <3A82EFA2.C8756B09@acm.org> <3A83F25C.CEB50F1D@acm.org> <3A846035.5A1F5E36@utech.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 08:14:35 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.24.83.38 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 982077419 147.24.83.38 (Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:16:59 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:16:59 CST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5218 Date: 2001-02-13T08:14:35-07:00 List-Id: Stephen Leake wrote: > > "Jeffrey D. Cherry" 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. > > > > > > 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 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Jerry Petrey -- Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Navigation, Guidance, & Control -- Raytheon Missile Systems - Member Team Ada & Team Forth -- NOTE: please remove in email address to reply -----------------------------------------------------------------------------