From: mitch@nospam.com
Subject: Re: Computer Programming for Everybody?
Date: 1999/09/12
Date: 1999-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7ri1ls$1rf9@drn.newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.BSF.4.10.9909121557150.1131-100000@shell5.ba.best.com
In article <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909121557150.1131-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>, Brian
says...
>
>Better than what? Ada? Yes. Python is a lot easier to learn than Ada, IMO.
>Of course, I'm not a grade-schooler :-).
>
Easier to learn does not make something better :)
It would be possible to teach a small subset of Ada to high school
students. I think that Ada teaches better programing habits than most other
quick-and-easy languages.
I wonder why they did not choose Java as it is the hotest things these
days. most books and most seminars and speakers.
Java for example, is easy to learn, and one can quickly start writing
working programs in it, but Java does not teach good programming habits,
actually I've seen worst programming code in java than in any other
language (except may be in VB). Java is like the Visual Basic of OO languages,
quantity over quality is what it is.
I've seen Java programmers who do not understand what is a 'RECORD'.
The power of OO at its best right there.
What is the programming world comming to, I wonder.
What we need is a book called 'Ada for dummies' and 'Ada in 21 days' to
help make Ada more popular. (I always wondered why they picked the number
21 days? what is so special about 21 days? why not 22 days?).
cheers,
Mitch.
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-09-10 0:00 Computer Programming for Everybody? Ted Dennison
1999-09-10 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-09-10 0:00 ` Raymond Calande
1999-09-11 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-09-12 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-09-12 0:00 ` mitch [this message]
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Mike Hall
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-09-13 0:00 ` John Duncan
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1999-09-14 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Tarjei Jensen
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
[not found] ` <Pine.HPP.3.93.990915162218.958A-100000@merle.acns.nwu.edu>
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
[not found] ` <7ronav$shf@dfw-ixnews7.ix.netcom.com>
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-09-27 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-09-27 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
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