From: the one and only real true kibo <kibo@dhp.com>
Subject: Re: Looking for ADA
Date: 1997/03/23
Date: 1997-03-23T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5h2jbq$8qk@stronghold.dhp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: rick.thorne-1403970953080001@129.197.97.40
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On Fri, 14 Mar 1997 09:53:08 -0800 in article <rick.thorne-1403970953080001@129.197.97.40> posted to comp.lang.ada, Rick Thorne <rick.thorne@lmco.com> wrote:
> In article <01bc2d83$4ca9e6a0$6966f4ce@wickline>, "Warren Wickline"
> <wickline@comp-res.com> wrote:
> > I'm still a college student, and I was wondering if anyone could help me
> > find a cheap ada compiler.
> For the PC?!? This is kind of like asking "Gee, I'm married with 8 kids.
> Can anyone help me get a cheap divorce and keep my child support to a
> minimum?"
Ha ha ha.
> As a college student, why are you bothering with Ada anyway? My
> recommendations:
> 1) Learn C, C++, Java, and other language technologies that actually have
> a future in the US.
That's right - forget ADA, it's dead.
> 2) Don't sweat Ada unless you get a job in a US DoD contractor's shop or a
> job in Europe, then let THEM pay you to work while you learn the language.
Not a chance. Refuse to take a job that requires you to learn ADA.
> 3) Keep your C, C++, & Java skills sharp whilst you work with Ada, because
> Ada's going away quickly, yes, even in the DoD world because of the Perry
> Initiative and the soon-to-happen elimination of the Ada Requirements
> (probably by july '97).
Don't use ADA to begin with.
> 4) Learn OOA/D methods; these are the elements of the Software Crisis
> unsolved by Ada. As Brooks stated in "No Silver Bullet": Ada is just a
> programming language. It doesn't cover all the ground by any means.
You can do anythijg in SQL. Who needs a procedureal language anyway.
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1997-03-14 0:00 ` Looking for ADA Rick Thorne
1997-03-15 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1997-03-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-15 0:00 ` John Breen
1997-03-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-23 0:00 ` the one and only real true kibo [this message]
1997-03-15 0:00 ` Corey Minyard
1997-03-17 0:00 ` David Emery
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