From: john@nospam.demon.co.uk (John McCabe)
Subject: Re: Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming?
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 09:56:13 GMT
Date: 2003-01-02T09:56:13+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3e140ba8.3050306@news.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: QzWN9.12774$kq6.216962@news.xtra.co.nz
On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 23:24:02 -0800, "AG" <ang@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>I agree with the rest of the [snipped] post. But, why not assembly?
>After all, it does allow a person to try and experiment with any
>programming approach physically possible on the target system.
>So, assuming assembly does allow you to address a small problem
>at hand, what's wrong with that as a learning tool?
Assuming you *are* being serious, assembly language is wrong as a
learning tool because it is device dependent and you would more than
likely end up learning more about the device itself than the general
techniques of programming.
Best Regards
John McCabe
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2002-12-21 3:30 Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming? David Wright
2002-12-21 5:44 ` sk
2002-12-23 14:29 ` Wes Groleau
2002-12-23 17:36 ` sk
2002-12-23 18:24 ` David Wright
2002-12-23 19:16 ` sk
2002-12-23 19:48 ` David Wright
2002-12-23 21:33 ` Wes Groleau
2002-12-23 21:17 ` Robert A Duff
2002-12-24 19:22 ` faust
2002-12-24 0:46 ` Robert A Duff
2002-12-24 9:41 ` Pascal Obry
2002-12-25 4:43 ` faust
2002-12-27 17:54 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-01-02 13:50 ` Wes Groleau
2002-12-25 7:24 ` AG
2003-01-02 9:56 ` John McCabe [this message]
2003-01-02 13:47 ` Wes Groleau
2003-01-08 19:39 ` faust
2003-01-08 2:44 ` Jeffrey Creem
2003-01-08 18:54 ` Wes Groleau
2003-01-08 19:48 ` chris.danx
2003-01-08 21:59 ` Wes Groleau
2003-01-09 15:31 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-01-10 3:26 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-01-10 22:58 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-01-10 3:51 ` Kevin Cline
2003-01-10 13:29 ` Wes Groleau
2003-01-11 12:09 ` Richard Riehle
2003-01-11 18:13 ` Wes Groleau
2003-01-09 16:52 ` faust
2003-01-08 21:57 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-01-09 0:59 ` faust
2003-01-09 0:59 ` faust
2003-01-08 13:14 ` Ted Dennison
2003-01-08 17:41 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-01-09 16:40 ` faust
2003-01-08 21:58 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2002-12-23 21:30 ` Wes Groleau
2002-12-23 22:11 ` David Wright
2002-12-30 16:22 ` Mark
2002-12-24 0:50 ` Craig Carey
2002-12-29 14:44 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2002-12-21 8:39 ` arvids lemchens
2002-12-21 8:53 ` Gautier
2002-12-21 9:42 ` Craig Carey
2002-12-21 10:44 ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-12-21 15:47 ` Alfred Hilscher
2002-12-21 19:01 ` tmoran
2002-12-22 1:06 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-12-23 14:56 ` Wes Groleau
2002-12-23 11:05 ` Alfred Hilscher
2002-12-22 0:34 ` James S. Rogers
2002-12-23 11:11 ` Alfred Hilscher
2002-12-23 14:32 ` Wes Groleau
2002-12-23 19:54 ` tmoran
2002-12-21 10:51 ` Why is Ada a good choice for an ambitious beginner to programming Wojtek Narczynski
2002-12-22 14:40 ` Bill Findlay
2002-12-22 15:08 ` Bill Findlay
2002-12-22 23:02 ` David Wright
2002-12-23 1:36 ` Bill Findlay
2002-12-23 2:13 ` David Wright
2002-12-23 14:40 ` Wes Groleau
2002-12-27 21:25 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-12-23 11:52 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2002-12-23 14:12 ` Bill Findlay
2002-12-23 20:15 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2002-12-24 19:29 ` Bill Findlay
2002-12-24 22:56 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2002-12-24 23:31 ` Bill Findlay
2002-12-24 23:36 ` Adrian Knoth
2002-12-25 8:23 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-12-27 17:27 ` Kevin Cline
2002-12-28 1:56 ` Bill Findlay
2002-12-28 2:13 ` Bill Findlay
2002-12-29 6:07 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-12-23 20:52 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2002-12-23 20:07 ` chris.danx
2003-01-02 10:04 ` John McCabe
2003-01-02 21:32 ` Bill Findlay
2003-01-04 22:55 ` David Wright
2003-01-05 0:50 ` Bill Findlay
2003-01-05 2:18 ` David Wright
2003-01-05 3:57 ` John R. Strohm
2003-01-10 2:51 ` Richard Riehle
2003-01-10 9:45 ` David Wright
2003-01-10 10:59 ` Richard Riehle
2003-01-11 17:47 ` u.r. faust
2003-01-06 9:43 ` John McCabe
2003-01-06 10:05 ` John McCabe
2003-01-06 11:13 ` Bill Findlay
2003-01-10 2:58 ` Richard Riehle
2003-01-10 9:29 ` John McCabe
2002-12-21 11:57 ` Why is Ada NOT a good choice for a beginner to programming? David Marceau
2002-12-21 15:59 ` Alfred Hilscher
2002-12-21 17:48 ` Britt Snodgrass
2002-12-21 20:05 ` Peter Hend�n
2002-12-22 1:54 ` faust
2002-12-22 1:28 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-12-22 2:11 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-12-22 22:49 ` faust
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2002-12-23 14:55 ` Wes Groleau
2002-12-24 14:01 ` W D Tate
2002-12-24 20:06 ` Rod Haper
2002-12-25 0:37 ` noone
2002-12-26 13:23 ` W D Tate
2002-12-26 20:37 ` David Starner
2002-12-27 14:02 ` W D Tate
2003-01-13 12:18 ` John English
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2002-12-21 15:47 Alexandre E. Kopilovitch
2002-12-23 14:48 ` Wes Groleau
2003-01-10 6:38 Grein, Christoph
2003-01-10 8:21 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-01-10 15:51 ` Kevin Cline
2003-01-10 19:00 ` Kevin Cline
2003-01-10 8:35 Grein, Christoph
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