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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,808316b907252cba X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: the one and only real true kibo Subject: Re: Looking for ADA Date: 1997/03/23 Message-ID: <5h2jbq$8qk@stronghold.dhp.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 227658837 References: <01bc2d83$4ca9e6a0$6966f4ce@wickline> Organization: DataHaven Project +1 412 421 4516 (DHP.COM) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-03-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Fri, 14 Mar 1997 09:53:08 -0800 in article posted to comp.lang.ada, Rick Thorne wrote: > In article <01bc2d83$4ca9e6a0$6966f4ce@wickline>, "Warren Wickline" > 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. I am the only true Kibo. Finger me for my PGP public key. Check out my home page for the coolest way to vote on new newsgroup proposals or to issue Usenet cancels. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMzTQtqlPvImbzLKZAQHLiQQAjoOfRNH7ybRjKrtvt/+IQ4xkOF8/bWXn d5zl/awRLcW9wMHAszYp7hWtwaS8tgg5cGQGuf28E5jqRI5X0iqMe5yUV/7bO4kV z1PvTtrbVSfCwe4OYpQgCfozUu+/uBsq2A//1TMqat/AsGKsr1JzrVOFfi2UCpLa Ayr4yVfJ50o= =JYQK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----