From: ok@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU (Richard A. O'Keefe)
Subject: Re: Is ada usfull in the cumputer world?
Date: 1997/01/13
Date: 1997-01-13T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5bceh8$t9a$1@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5bbn22$hdj@cumin.telecom.uqam.ca
bc591813@er.uqam.ca writes:
>I'm starting a cumputer science programme and ada is the language will use
>to lurn how to program cuputer.. will it be usfull???
Yes, Ada will be useful. Very useful.
But with the utmost possible respect, there is a language that will
be even *more* useful to you.
English.
The single most important skill a programmer needs is
_mastery_ of his or her native language.
If that language is not English, then English skill comes second.
When it comes to programming languages, the most important thing about
your introductory course is actually your teacher. If your teacher is
a good programmer who thoroughly understands the language used and
enjoys teaching it to you, you probably won't go far wrong. If your
course uses the best language in the world (Haskell) but the teacher
would rather be using INTERCAL, you're going to have trouble.
(Ok, so Ada is as good as Haskell. They actually have a lot in common.)
--
My tertiary education cost a quarter of a million in lost income
(assuming close-to-minimum wage); why make students pay even more?
Richard A. O'Keefe; http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/%7Eok; RMIT Comp.Sci.
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1997-01-12 0:00 Is ada usfull in the cumputer world? bc591813
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