Re: Suggestions for topics in an Ada course?

["Peter C. Chapin" <pchapin@sover.net>]

wilson wrote:

> That first language, as someone commented earlier, sets up all kinds of
> pathways (ruts?) in the brain that are very hard to modify.
> 
> This is not to discourage you from trying.  God knows we need more
> people like you.  It is just a note about possible difficulties along
> the way.

Thanks for the warning. I know people are influenced, for better or
worse, by what they already know. How could it be otherwise? Part of my
job as an educator is to figure out how to teach people new things
despite their previous bias. One can't work in this field without
believing that it is possible.

Steve's suggestion of looking at tasking is good. That is a nice feature
of Ada and also, as he said, a topic of current interest with a certain
glamor. I'll have to think about that some more.

Peter