From: jfarr@aloha.net (James Farr)
Subject: Re: Why Ada for learning Data Structures (was: What good is Ada ???)
Date: 1997/01/04
Date: 1997-01-04T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5amins$nts@nuhou.aloha.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1997Jan4.140137.1@eisner
In article <1997Jan4.140137.1@eisner>, kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen) wrote:
>In the end, however, the choice of Ada for this particular course
>was made by wiser folk than you, since you have chosen their school
>as a source to enhance your own knowledge. If that was a mistake,
>then you need to transfer schools. As an Ada fan, however, I urge
>to wait until the end of the quarter to judge how well you learned
>Data Structures.
>
>Larry Kilgallen
Wow, got kind of defensive there, didn't you! I mean, his question was
simply, "Why learn Ada rather than Java?" I'm kind of interested in that
myself. But you didn't answer the question; you just reacted to a perceived
slight.
This is the same kind of answer you get when you ask an Amiga user why you
would buy a PC, or a Macintosh user....
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-01-04 0:00 What good is Ada ??? Ah Chong
1997-01-04 0:00 ` john babrick
1997-01-04 0:00 ` Why Ada for learning Data Structures (was: What good is Ada ???) Larry Kilgallen
1997-01-04 0:00 ` James Farr [this message]
1997-01-04 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1997-01-04 0:00 ` What good is Ada ??? Robert Dewar
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Mike Paley
1997-01-05 0:00 ` Eric B. Lemings
1997-01-07 0:00 ` WolfMtnRch
1997-01-07 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-01-10 0:00 ` Dale Pontius
1997-01-13 0:00 ` James O'Connor
1997-01-06 0:00 ` Daniel P Hudson
1997-01-06 0:00 ` Brett M. Kettering
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Mike Paley
1997-01-07 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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