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> Just last week each and every computing student was sent an email with
> an invitation to a meeting regarding a change from ada to java.  The
> proposal is to use java as our first language in 1st and 2nd year
> courses instead of ada.

While I love Ada a programming language, I'd be mad if I specialized in
something at school and found very few jobs available for me when I
graduated.

The out of work programmers I know say you need very specific marketable
skills to get a job nowadays.

Sigh...