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On 2/9/2011 10:20 AM, KK6GM wrote:
> Has somebody already posted Dr. Dewar's comments about the current
> state of programming education?  If so I didn't catch it, so I'll post
> them (again?)

Look at this quote:
<http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3722876>
     And [forget] all this business about �command line� � we�ll have
     people use nice visual interfaces where they can point and click
     and do fancy graphic stuff and have fun.

Can you just hear the shouts of "get off my lawn!"? It's even more
ironic considering that AdaCore proudly offers GPS,
<http://www.adacore.com/2010/10/26/gps-5-0/>,
     AdaCore releases GPS 5.0
     GPS 5.0 Integrated Development Environment brings enhanced
     multi-language support, more powerful source editing, and
     improved ease of use
and
     access to project templates for easy project setup

Now look at their GPS documentation:
<http://libre.adacore.com/wp-content/files/auto_update/gps-docs/gps.html>
It may be a marvel of late twentieth-century web design, but
compare it to their own modern-looking GPS description page here:
<http://libre.adacore.com/libre/tools/gps/>. Why hasn't AdaCore
produced properly-designed on-line documentation in accordance
with web standards as they exist today?

I submit that it's all of a piece - it's programmers staying in
their comfort zones instead of understanding that custom and style
change and should be accommodated, not scorned.