From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6c434e6fc0d3ab95 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: afn03257@freenet2.afn.org (Daniel P Hudson) Subject: Re: What good is Ada ??? Date: 1997/01/06 Message-ID: <5armkc$o1s@huron.eel.ufl.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 208127062 references: <32cf95b5.9781483@netnews2.worldnet.att.net> nntp-posting-user: afn03257 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: "Eric B. Lemings" wrote: >Ah Chong wrote: >> >> I have to take Ada this quarter. >> It is actually Data Structures in Ada. Whatever. >> But why learn Ada? >> >> Why not Java ? But why learn Java? Why not Ada? Why indeed. Java is a non-standard, broken down version of C++. Ada has an ISO standard, has been in use for years and runs on more platforms. As well, Ada compiler don't generally need the resources Java systems do, are not as buggy, and often cheaper RE:GNAT. To put it short, your school isn't going to pay money to get a system that haven't been fully tested. Other than that, Ask you local Department of Education if they even consider Java a language which can be used for a 3 cr. hr. course.