From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 X-Received: by 2002:a37:784:: with SMTP id 126mr10243086qkh.294.1612637701893; Sat, 06 Feb 2021 10:55:01 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:a25:4d08:: with SMTP id a8mr14254958ybb.465.1612637701707; Sat, 06 Feb 2021 10:55:01 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.mixmin.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.160.216.MISMATCH!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 10:55:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87tuqpm5ig.fsf@nightsong.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=85.240.146.108; posting-account=rhqvKAoAAABpikMmPHJSZh4400BboHwT NNTP-Posting-Host: 85.240.146.108 References: <92ef81c7-65d8-411f-97c7-7bfcc27213e1n@googlegroups.com> <3401b745-e012-485a-905d-1389189d6ec6n@googlegroups.com> <87tuqpm5ig.fsf@nightsong.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <5d69f5a4-6666-4d13-810d-cb82032bff22n@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: questions on input/output From: Mehdi Saada <00120260a@gmail.com> Injection-Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2021 18:55:01 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:61302 List-Id: > Why do you want to use Ada (instead of, say, Python) if you don't like > proving things? > If nothing else, understanding what proofs really are might make you > more comfortable with them. Come on... I don't "dislike" them, it's just that focusing on formalism right now isn't very EFFICIENT, pedagogy-wise ! Or I would have started right away with effin' SPARK and proof theory. Would you suggest that to beginners :-D ? I have the enderton, it's on my mind.